September 2012
NCFY Recommends: How Are Programs Serving LGBT Youth?
A survey sponsored by the Palette Fund, the True Colors Fund and the Williams Institute has confirmed what many youth workers have long believed: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth make up a large portion of young people experiencing homelessness.
Primary Sources: Being Resilient Has Pros and Cons for Homeless Youth
“Resiliency and Survival Skills Among Newly Homeless Adolescents: Implications for Future Interventions” (PDF, 300 KB), Vulnerable Child Youth Studies, Vol. 6, Issue 4, 2011.
New Podcast: Rising Through the Ranks at a Minneapolis Youth Program
In our latest Youth Speak Out podcast, we speak to two youth employees of Youth Farm and Market Project, a Minneapolis, MN-area nonprofit that teaches children and young adults to grow and harvest their own food.
It’s National Disaster Preparedness Month. Don’t Panic, and Always Carry a Can Opener.
September is National Disaster Preparedness Month—a time to get ready for disasters.
New From NCFY: Moving Runaway and Homeless Youth Closer to Self-Sufficiency
In a new issue of our quarterly periodical for youth workers, The Exchange, we focus on ways to improve self-sufficiency for runaway and homeless youth.
Bright Idea: Making a Run Plan Can Help Keep Youth Safe
Sixteen-year-old “Jessica” of Brainerd, MN, had already been kicked out of her mother’s house and her boyfriend’s mother’s house when she got to the host home program run by Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, which places youth who need emergency shelter with local families.
Research Roundup: Mindfulness Meditation May Help Homeless Youth Cope With Anxiety and Stress
Violence and stress are an alarming fact of life for many homeless youth. To reduce the effects of those traumatic experiences, some youth-serving organizations have turned to mind-body practices that may help young people control disturbing emotions and behavior and lessen their anxiety and depression.
When Disaster Strikes, Where Do You Go? Plan Ahead for Evacuations
September is National Disaster Preparedness Month—a time to get ready for disasters.
NCFY Recommends: Stop Bullying Video Challenge
With the start of the school year comes an opportunity for youth to showcase how they stand up to bullying--whether in the classroom or in their community.
Q&A: Bringing Family Strengths to the Forefront
An average family in the United States is about half as strong as it has the potential to be. That’s the conclusion of a new study of family assets, or strengths, conducted by the nonprofit research and education group The Search Institute.