News & Updates from YouthCare
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”
Come along for our latest edition of YouthCare Highlights as we take a tour of the South Seattle Youth Center and meet some of its staff and learn about it’s services. Read More of “Tour South Seattle Youth Center with the latest edition of “YouthCare Highlights””
Cultural holidays and the multicultural calendars of heritage months are more than months or days or moments: they are true history. These celebrations and acts of resistance are exercises of revolutionary work. Read More of “PRIDE is More Than a Month; PRIDE is Always. Canadian Indigenous Heritage is More Than a Month; it’s World History.”
Featuring our first episode “The Orion Tour, Part 1” With decades of presence and support in the Seattle community, YouthCare has come to establish a wide network of services and… Read More of “Introducing YouthCare’s video series “YouthCare Highlights””
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”
GiveBIG is here! Join us now for early giving, leading to the official 48 hours of online giving and philanthropy on May 3-4. Read below for our top reasons to GiveBIGGER… Read More of “GiveBIG is Back: 4 Reasons to GiveBIG for Homeless Youth”
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”
