It is Nurse Practitioner Week! Thank you to Cathy for all the great work you do! Cathy is our resident Nurse Practitioner working with our young people through the Regional Integrated Collaborative for Healthy Youth (RICHY). RICHY is a collaborative between Valley Youth House, Lehigh Valley Health Network, DeSales University, and Marywood University that provides […]
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Read full articleYou can read the September/October issue of the Youth Education Program’s Digest here.
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We are so very proud of Noah, who is currently in our Pride program in Philadelphia, for his op ed piece published by The Guardian US! I don’t look homeless, but I am. Nearly 40% of homeless youth in America identify as LGBT, and we are resourceful, connected and do our best to blend into […]
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Valley Youth House received a $5,000 grant from the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund to support Pride, which helps LGBTQ youth with short-term rental assistance, case management and workshops on housing, life skills, employment and education goals. Philly Gay News featured the event and all six grant winners.
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Valley Youth House’s #CouchesDontCount campaign was featured in the October 11 issue of Philly Gay News and online HERE. “It is estimated that 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT. A significant proportion of such youth may fall between the cracks, Valley Youth House said, because they are living not on the streets, but […]
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Valley Youth House’s #CouchesDontCount campaign was featured in TWO Philly.com articles to help promote the campaign! Read the first article HERE and the second HERE. VYH sends lots of love to Jeff Gammage for the great pieces. Our favorite quotes: “Safiya Washington, 22, never considered herself homeless. Because somehow she always found a place to sleep […]
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