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Focus 2020 Virtual Site Visits

NSPN has worked with three agencies, Youthcare, Youth Services Tulsa, and Youth Emergency Services and Shelter, to provide virtual site visits for attendees. These agencies have all provided videos that illustrate different parts of their programs and services offered. These virtual site visits will be available throughout the duration of Focus 2020.

YouthCare


Since 1974, YouthCare has been a leader in providing effective services to homeless youth in Seattle/King County with a continuum of care developed through years of commitment to and expertise in serving homeless young people. YouthCare is notable in this community, and in the nation, for the broad scope of innovative services, support, and resources that it provides to young people, including outreach and basic services, emergency shelter, housing, counseling, education, employment training, and prevention services.  For more information, please visit www.youthcare.org.

 

Youth Emergency Services and Shelter (YESS)

Youth Emergency Services and Shelter (YESS) provides shelter and mental health services to children, families, and individuals throughout central Iowa (30 counties). In 2019 YESS provided shelter to 690 at-risk children, case management to 650 families, 7,114 hours of therapy to individuals and families, and answered 1,937 crisis calls. YESS's shelter serves youth aged newborn through 17 and has special units for high-need clients and clients on short respite from their home environments. YESS's Hope Hall provides case management to families on Medicaid and counseling services to any community member in need. YESS was founded in 1973 and has grown in services over the last 47 years. YESS continues to be Iowa's largest youth shelter and a leader in addressing issues surrounding and creating solutions related to children's welfare. For more information, please visit: www.yessiowa.org.

Youth Services of Tulsa (YST)

Here at Youth Services of Tulsa we provide programming for 12-24 year olds in four key areas: runaway and homeless services, counseling services, delinquency prevention, and positive youth development. Within these 4 categories, we offer many specific services all of them working together to actualize our mission to “value and accept all youth, supporting and challenging them to embrace their potential. For more information, please visit: www.yst.org.