For an entire week, the high school senior filled out résumés — four or five a day. “I was in desperate need for a job,” she said. The hitch: Every place she applied wanted previous experience. “Even fast food wants an employment history,” she said. “I didn’t have it.” Now she does. The 17-year-old [...]
The turkeys are not yet stuffed, but supporters of holiday toy drives for children hope Tucsonans will add a toy or gift card to holiday shopping lists. “While people are thinking about spending Thanksgiving with family and friends, maybe they can think about giving to a cause for people in need. When they are [...]
Whether homeless rates are improving in Pima County and Arizona depends on your definition. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its latest findings last week, providing the nation and Arizona with a snapshot of homelessness based on surveys conducted here and nationwide one night last January. Their findings look good — [...]
Five Tucson-based charities have earned top ranking from a national group that evaluates nonprofits’ finances, accountability and transparency. Charity Navigator awarded four stars to Youth on Their Own, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson, Interfaith Community Services, Primavera Foundation and Reid Park Zoological Society. We believe all five deserve recognition and our thanks [...]
Is child homelessness declining, or is it skyrocketing? If you are looking at federal government figures for the answer, you could be forgiven for being confused. According to new data the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Thursday, family homelessness has declined 12 percent since 2008. And on a single night in January, [...]
The U.S. high school dropout rate has fallen in recent years, with the number of dropouts declining from 1 million in 2008 to about 750,000 in 2012, according to a new study to be released Tuesday. The number of “dropout factories” — high schools in which fewer than 60 percent of freshmen graduate in [...]
YOTO, also known as Youth On Their Own, was established in 1986 by Ann Young at Amphitheater High School in hopes of helping homeless teens. This program was made possible with the help of local churches, local foundations and many concerned citizens in Pima County. Today, YOTO continues to help financially unstable students who [...]
The Rotary Club of Tucson hopes that fundraising for local charities will be fast and furious at the ninth annual Tucson Classics Car Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at The Gregory School, 3231 N. Craycroft Road. About 225 Rotarians will combine forces with friends, family and other volunteers [...]
It is often easy to forget the things we take for granted in our lives: having food, shelter, being able to attend high school. For many Tucson teens, those are luxuries they cannot afford. With nearly one-third of adolescents in Tucson living in poverty, teens in Pima county are the most prone to dropping [...]
The number of homeless children in public schools has doubled since before the recession, reaching a record national total of 1.36 million in the 2013-2014 school year, according to new federal data. The latest homeless count, an 8 percent increase over the 2012-2013 school year, is a sign that many families continue to struggle [...]