YOTO was selected as one of 15 semi-finalists for Social Venture Partners (SVP) Tucson’s Fast Pitch – a two-month long program in which participants learn how to more powerfully and succinctly communicate their story, while at the same time connecting with the leaders of Tucson’s business and funding communities. We are honored to be [...]
A big thank you to Fiesta Bowl for highlighting YOTO as the featured charity for their annual Kickoff Luncheon today (9/3/2015) in Phoenix! The sold out event featured former Nebraska Quarterback Tommie Frazier and Nebraska Coaching Legend Tom Osborne, who made waves at the 1996 Fiesta Bowl with a 62-24 victory over Florida. As [...]
Youth On Their Own (YOTO) of Tucson recently purchased the building at 1642 N Alvernon Way in Tucson for $285,000 ($75 PSF). YOTO is a non-profit that provides youth, through no fault of their own, who lack a parent or long-term legal guardian in their lives with a stable nighttime residence, financial assistance, basic [...]
June 17, 2015 Arizona school districts and nonprofit organizations are using nationally proven strategies and innovative practices in their efforts to turnaround a high school graduation rate that has declined in Arizona for three years in a row, notably among low-income and minority students, who are a majority of the state’s school-age population. Arizona [...]
Thank you to Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona (JCF) for stopping by our office! The JCF awarded two YOTO students with the Noah Warren Cohen Scholarship – a memorial scholarship fund established by the Cohen family to honor Noah who passed away in 2010 at the age of 12. Noah was a young man with [...]
As homeless people cleared their belongings from the Downtown encampment called “Safe Park” over the weekend, youth homelessness in Arizona still stands among the highest in the nation. A young man sits outside the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in downtown Tucson smoking a cigarette, listening to music and charging his iPod in one [...]
Supporters of Youth on Their Own want to make it clear that homeless youths trying to stay in school and graduate don’t have to go it alone. The group, which provides financial assistance, basic human needs and guidance to facilitate the graduation of homeless youths, is hoping Tucsonans will turn out to help students [...]
The Homeless Children and Youth Act, a bill that would make the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) current definition of homelessness more inclusive toward America’s homeless youth population, has recently been re-introduced to Congress. The bill would make it easier for youth already considered homeless by other federal agencies to qualify for [...]
WASHINGTON – The nation’s public school systems are being affected by the number of homeless children, which a report says is on the rise. The report ranked states on how well they did at keeping children in school and their efforts to do better. The number of homeless children rose by 56 percent, from [...]
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) – Thanks to the Trico Electric Cooperative POWER Grant program seven non-profits in Tucson, Marana, Sahuarita and Green Valley received a boost to their operating funds. Each agency provides critical services to the communities most vulnerable people, children. A story from Tucson News Now. Read on.