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 [...]
Youth on Their Own (YOTO) has received four tons worth of donations since thieves stole nearly half a ton of food from an outside storage unit in April. “From something that was really disturbing, we have been overwhelmed with the kindness and generosity and caring of this community,” said Nicola Hartmann, YOTO executive director. [...]
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 [...]
Room renovation part of GTL community impact project Youth on Their Own, a nonprofit dropout prevention agency supporting homeless youth in their goals of staying in school, didn’t have a gathering space for students to meet and work on projects. Neither did it have a functional space to hold Board meetings or to engage [...]
New reports are shedding light on how common trafficking is among homeless youth around the country. According to studies from The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Loyola University Modern Slavery Research Project, nearly 20 percent of homeless kids have been victims of trafficking. That [...]
Less than 1 month after presenting our $50,000 matching funds challenge at our 1st annual spring lunch, you have helped us reach out goal!Thanks to the generosity of two Youth On Their Own donors, gifts in support of the spring lunch were matched dollar-for-dollar to help us reach more homeless youth next school year. With $50,000 [...]
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 [...]
Arizona Gives Day, the grassroots, statewide day of giving that invites Arizonans to support their favorite causes, raised $2.74 million for nonprofits on April 4, 2017. Hosted by the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits and Arizona Grantmakers Forum, and presented by FirstBank, Arizona Gives Day has now helped raise more than $10.14 million for Arizona [...]
Youth On Their Own (YOTO) recently underwent a strategic planning process conducted by Alexander | Carrillo Consulting, a local nonprofit consulting firm that specializes in fundraising, strategic planning, and organizational development. YOTO held focus groups for a variety of constituencies – from students to donors, from staff/board to volunteers – to gather feedback on the [...]
A heart-warming response to a hard-hearted crime. Last week, KGUN9 showed you how someone stole stockpiles of food from Youth on Their Own. Youth On Their Own uses this food to keep homeless teens going, as they push past their problems to reach graduation. Since our story aired, the organization has a new problem, but [...]