Youth On Their Own receives $25,000 State Farm Neighborhood Assist® grant to make a difference Tucson, AZ – 1.8 million votes were recently cast by 72,000 people in an effort to bring a $25k grant to their own neighborhoods. State Farm is proud to announce the Top 40 vote-getting causes that will each receive [...]

In the midst of finalizing celebrations or prepping traditional Thanksgiving feasts, many Tucsonans are also strategizing for the biggest shopping weekend of the year. Local nonprofits offer options to keep the “giving” going while making the most of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Helping homeless youths Youth On Their Own makes [...]

State Farm Neighborhood Assist® Announces Top 200 Causes That Need Your Votes Tucson, AZ (October 26, 2016) – Communities across the United States answered the call from State Farm® to submit causes that would make a positive impact in their neighborhoods. Now, Youth On Their Own needs your help by voting for them to [...]

30-Year-Old Nonprofit Strengthens Team & Resources to Serve More Homeless Youth Tucson, AZ—In September 2016, Youth On Their Own (YOTO) welcomed Daniel Armenta as its new Donor Relations Manager. Daniel joins the YOTO team after a successful term as the Community Engagement Manager for Literacy Connects, a local nonprofit that works towards enriching the [...]

They are called the hidden homeless. Young outcasts who, through no fault of their own, have entered a world of motels, doubled-up quarters with relatives, a life on the streets or emergency shelter. When you look inside a classroom of students fresh from the summer break, you can’t imagine that some of them have [...]

30-Year-Old Nonprofit Strengthens Team & Resources to Serve More Homeless Youth Tucson, AZ – In June 2016, Youth On Their Own (YOTO) welcomed Matthew Palmer as its new Director of Finance and Operations. Matthew joins YOTO after a decade-long tenure at St. Louis Efforts for AIDS, a nonprofit organization addressing care, treatment, and prevention [...]

This fall new federal guidelines will be put in place to help homeless students across the country. The changes within the U.S. Department of Education will go into effect in October. One of the changes will make it possible for homeless students to get some partial credits if they have to change schools, which [...]

Students in Tucson, Arizona, are back in classrooms Thursday. But the day before, when educators and school officials are typically putting the finishing touches on classrooms and pouring over schedules, a more important mission underway. On Wednesday, at 8 a.m., as temperatures surged into the 90s, 26 teams of educators and community leaders – [...]

On June 1st, Youth On Their Own (YOTO) welcomed Nicola Hartmann as its new Executive Director. Nicola joins the YOTO team after a six-year tenure at San Miguel High School, where she served as the Director of Advancement & Corporate Relations, and a two-year term at the Sunnyside Foundation, where she was Executive Director. [...]