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 Hope for Youth’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program is expanding with the hiring of an additional Recruiter this summer. This program, a national one, focuses on older youth in foster care. Using an eight-point model, recruitment is focused on family…

Excerpt from a Shelter youth’s letter:

“To whom this may concern. I remember before I came to Hope For Youth my social worker in my school told me about this shelters. I was worried when my social worker said shelter because I thought it was a small space, and…

Hope For Youth’s STEM Camp debuted July 2nd, funded by Capital One and we couldn’t be happier! (more…)

Exploring the Positive Impact of Yoga

Yoga classes have begun at the HFY Youth Shelter and we are grateful to have instruction provided by United We Om. United is a nonprofit organization committed to sharing yoga…

There was a lot in the month of May to be grateful for and we’d like to share some of the highlights with you. Enjoy!  (more…)

May is National Foster Care Month, a month set aside to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care find permanent…

Hope For Youth was proud to be a part of the annual Have a Heart for the Homeless Candlelight Vigil event coordinated by the Long Island Coalition for The Homeless. Held at Farmingdale State College on April 10th, Roosevelt Hall was filled with hundreds of people, bringing together members of the…

On Friday, April 6^th, youth from all Hope For Youth programs were invited to partake in an Art-Tastic Evening where a variety of supplies, such as paint, canvases, brushes, markers, colored pencils and drawing paper were offered to participants in order to create some art. They had a choice…

JP Morgan Chase volunteers from a program called Junior Achievement, spent the day at Hope For Youth and impacted 20 of our young adults who are currently students in high school and college. Youth from two of our programs filled the large conference room at Hope For Youth ready…