Dear Friends and Supporters, On Behalf of YouthCare’s Board of Directors and staff team, I am excited to reach you with an exciting agency update. Since September 2021, Interim CEO… Read More of “Meet YouthCare’s New CEO: Degale Cooper”
By Randy Corradine,Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Happy Juneteenth – Freedom Day! I want to hold space and acknowledge that the smog has thickened in the past couple of… Read More of “Juneteenth Reflections”
From Degale Cooper, Incoming CEO: “YouthCare mourns alongside staff and clients who are grappling with the recent shootings in Texas, New York, and California. These horrific acts of violence have… Read More of “In Mourning – Again”
“Yesterday I had a librarian call and tell me they had a youth who told them he had run away from home and had been hanging out at the library for about three hours…he was seven. Seven years old. What do you do with a baby?” Read More of “The Lifeline of Safe Place with Traci Starr”
YouthCare stands in strong opposition to anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation currently being considered throughout the United States, including horrific anti-trans legislation in Texas and the hateful “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida.… Read More of “In Support of our LGBTQIA+ community”
We at YouthCare will elevate Black voices and narratives and encourage our teams and communities to go beyond awareness and education to action. Read More of “More Than Just A Month”
By Erica Limon, Associate Director of Workforce Development Young people come through our doors from all backgrounds, cultures, life experiences, survival modes, life skills, and more. Our work is often… Read More of “Our Work: Youth are Lighting the Way”