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 [...]
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.
TUCSON, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has awarded a total of $100,000 to 15 programs run by nonprofit organizations that improve the health and well-being of children, families and seniors. TEP’s Grants That Make a Difference were presented today during a ceremony at the company’s Tucson headquarters. The grants support programs with measurable accomplishments [...]
In December of 2013, Youth on Their Own was approached by the University of Arizona College of Education to create a collaboration to aid YOTO in better understanding the challenges that homeless and foster students face on a daily basis. Since that time, YOTO and the College of Education have worked together to collect [...]