Dear Friends of YOTO, It is with mixed emotions that Youth On Their Own announces the closing of the Home Store on May 12, 2018. In the last two and a half years, we have met the most wonderful and generous donors, shoppers, volunteers, and student interns. This unique store grew a mighty fan [...]

Share the Love has donated more than $94 million dollars to charity since 2008. With the help from customers when choosing between four national and over 660 local charities, Tucson Subaru is on track to bring their new total to over $115 million! This year, Tucson Subaru has partnered with Youth On Their Own [...]

If you’ve ever come to YOTO for a visit you’ve probably had a chance to see the mini-mall where our students can shop for food for free. We recently hosted some members from The Women of Quail Creek, a service group from Green Valley who were interested in getting a behind the scenes look [...]

After applying for several years, Youth On Their Own was chosen out of sixteen applicants to be this year’s recipient of the Tucson Electric Power Charitable Non-Profit Business Copper Cactus Award for medium-sized charities. YOTO was recognized by the selection committee for outstanding performance in helping Southern Arizona’s homeless youth remain in school and [...]

Written by Ann Young, Youth On Their Own Founder Edited by Reilly Salkowski, YOTO Volunteer “As a school counselor at Amphitheater High School in 1986, I became aware of the growing number of our students who were living from couch to couch and friend to friend. Without a stable home to live in, they [...]

There are a number of reasons a student might pass through Bonnie Kneller’s office in Tucson High Magnet School. In the school year that just ended, she said, more than 75 kids found their way there because they were homeless or not living with their parents. As a social worker, Kneller serves around 3,000 [...]

U.S. born children whose parents have been deported or voluntarily returned to their country of origin face an uncertain future. Younger ones go into foster care. The older ones are often left to fend for themselves. In Tucson, some find their way to Youth on Their Own, which provides a support network. Jose Chua [...]

Three Tucson area nonprofits received $45,000 thanks to the Tucson Federal Credit Union and its Community Partnership Awards on Tuesday, April 18. According to a recent release the awards were donated to organizations whose charitable missions “transform lives of people in need and where a direct impact of the donation can be measured.” The [...]

In 1986, Ann Young was a guidance counselor at Amphitheater High School concerned about an increasing number of homeless students. She took it upon herself to do something about it. Young’s compassion and initiative evolved into the Youth on Their Own that we know today, which has since helped over 1,500 homeless youth. It [...]