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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way.

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Visualizing COVID-19’s impact on youth homelessness, and using data in support to help end it

Tableau

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. Together, the partners are proud to champion a data-driven approach to preventing and ending youth and young adult (YYA) homelessness for the estimated 13,000 young people in Washington state who experience homelessness each year. . Jason Schumacher. Kristin Adderson.

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Visualizing COVID-19’s impact on youth homelessness, and using data in support to help end it

Tableau

Housing and Homelessness Lead at Tableau Foundation. Together, the partners are proud to champion a data-driven approach to preventing and ending youth and young adult (YYA) homelessness for the estimated 13,000 young people in Washington state who experience homelessness each year. Jason Schumacher. Kristin Adderson.

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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

Tech Soup

Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. Its mentorship helps prevent its clients from re-entering the foster and judicial system or repeating poverty and homelessness cycles. It also costs students the ability to complete their work.

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Donning the Sweatshirt of Service: Reflections from a Second-Year Ally

ASU Lodestar Center

It demands that we remember, as individuals, that what we do on a daily basis, on the regular — planning that Halloween carnival or participating in a homeless count across the city — matters. This year alone, Joseph Perez created an entire collaborative program that uses hip hop to teach students about life.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops. YES students defy expectations.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. The program is rigorous, engaging students in serious scientific projects as well as personal and professional development workshops. YES students defy expectations.