• New Alternatives | LGBTQ Homeless Youth | New York City

    New Alternatives increases the self-sufficiency of LGBTQ+ homeless youth by enabling them to transition out of the shelter system to stable adult lives.We do this by providing long-term support, weekly case management, education services, life skills training, community-building recreational activities, opportunities for self-expression, and …

  • Runaway & Homeless Youth - Welcome to NYC.gov | …

    NYC COMMISSION ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUESTIONING (LGBTQ) RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH Press Release President Barack Obama enacts Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr

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    Runaway & Homeless Youth The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) funds services for Runaway & Homeless Youth that include Drop-in Centers, Crisis Services Programs, Transitional Independent Living programs, and Street Outreach and Referral Services.

  • Young, LGBT, Homeless In NYC | Originals | msnbc - …

    2014/08/19 · LGBT youth make up 40 percent of the US adult homeless population. Four LGBT youths share their experiences of being homeless in New York City. » Subscribe t...

  • Youth Experiencing Homelessness - Generation NYC

    Youth Experiencing Homelessness A safe place to stay and be yourself Housing Health School & Work Financial Help LGBTQ If your housing situation is uncertain, you can find help throughout NYC. Check out the Housing . ...

  • Home - Ali Forney

    AFC is the nation's largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to homeless LGBTQ youth. Our goal is to provide homeless LGBTQ youths, aged 16-24, with the support and services they need to escape the streets

  • About Us | New Alternatives for LGBTQ Homeless Youth ...

    New Alternatives increases the self-sufficiency of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV+ homeless youth by enabling them to transition out of the shelter system to stable adult lives.

  • Welcome to Coalition for Homeless Youth | Coalition for ...

    HISTORY OF THE COALITION FOR HOMELESS YOUTH AND RUNAWAY HOMELESS YOUTH IN NEW YORK STATE 1972 - The First congressional hearings on Runaway Homeless Youth take place. 1974 - Congress passes the federal Runaway Youth Act of 1974 as Title III of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (P.L. 93-415), …

  • There's an urgent need for housing for homeless LGBTQ …

    2017/12/23 · The Ali Forney Center may be taking over an anti-gay church to offer housing to homeless LGBTQ youth--but there are still many young people living on the streets. Last May, the Reciprocity Foundation, a nonprofit that helps runaway, homeless, and foster care youth in NYC, staged a photography exhibition called See Me: …

  • Homeless LGBT Youth in New York City - Ali Forney …

    homeless LGBT youth in NYC have considered or attempted suicide. C T OF ING ELESS H OUT R When forced to survive on the streets without shelter, youths are subjected to significant levels of violence and trauma creating S E ...

  • LGBT Homeless Youth - YouTube

    2017/05/22 · United Nations - There is an estimated 500,000 homeless youth in the United States. 40 percent of them identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (LGBT.) This feature …

  • Homeless LGBT Youth | Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

    2018/02/12 · Resources for LGBTQ Youth in NYC This Resource Guide has been prepared to inform clergy and other professionals of the needs of runaway and homeless LGBTQ youth and the resources available to them. According to the Ali Forney Center, studies have found that LGBTQ youth comprises up to 40% of the homeless youth …

  • Safe Horizon | Youth Homelessness Statistics & Facts

    Description Young homeless people often become homeless in order to escape violence or abuse happening in their homes such as physical and sexual abuse and neglect. This includes LGBTQ youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual

  • Shelter For Homeless LGBTQ Youth, Named For …

    2017/12/06 · The Ali Forney Center, which is the largest agency dedicated to homeless LGBTQ youth in the country, opened the doors of its new Bea Arthur Residence with a holiday-themed fête on Nov. 30. The 18-bed facility, located in New York’s East Village neighborhood, will house participants in the center’s two-year transitional living program, designed to prepare homeless LGBTQ …

  • Homeless NYC Teens to Get Guaranteed Youth Shelter …

    2020/03/02 · Perez, who is transgender, landed a spot in a shelter run by the Ali Forney Center, which helps homeless LGBTQ youth. He stayed six months. He stayed six months. “We just had homes that didn’t want who we were,” said Perez, a spoken-word poet and a counselor to homeless youth.

  • Three LGBT Youths Describe Being Homeless in NYC

    2015/12/21 · Many homeless youth shelters push religion on homeless kids, with youths being encouraged to pray, read the Bible, or participate in "pastoral ministry" programs. No young person's desperation for ...

  • LGBTQ Youth Homelessness | Human Rights Campaign

    2015/04/29 · These young people cite running away from home or being rejected by their families because of their LGBTQ status as the two most common reasons for being homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless. The Human Rights Campaign and its public education arm, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, work to prevent youth homeless…

  • New York State Office of Children and Family Services …

    Resources for LGBTQ Children and Youth Change can be difficult to accept and understand, and the changes that accompany the transition through adolescence are challenging for many young people. For many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (or Queer) youth, there can be added challenges.

  • NYC Unity Project - Generation NYC

    NYC Unity Project Learn about the launch of NYC Unity Works, the new LGBTQ+ youth workforce initiative. Read about the Unity Project’s recent $9.5 million investment to address LGBTQ homelessness, family rejection, and health inequity in NYC.

  • LGBTQ Training Required for Homeless Youth Providers ...

    2019/10/14 · “With this new law, providers of runaway and homeless youth services across the state will finally have the tools they need to serve LGBTQ kids with the dignity and compassion they deserve.” Cuomo called the legislation “common sense,” explaining that the state needs to ensure adults who care for young people are equipped with the tools and information necessary to help LGBTQ youth.

  • LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth Report · NYC311

    The New York City Commission for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Runaway and Homeless Youth was charged with devising strategies to address the unique needs of LGBTQ youth before they run ...

  • Working With Homeless LGBTQ Youth | Lambda Legal

    Understand how homeless and runaway youth shelters are failing LGBTQ youth. Between 20% and 40% of all homeless youth in the United States identify as LGBTQ. Frequently rejected by their families or fleeing abusive longterm placements, these youth are too often misunderstood and mistreated by the staff and other residents at …

  • True Colors United | Our Issue

    True Colors United is working to level that field so that LGBTQ youth are no more likely to experience homelessness than anyone else. We’ve seen this higher risk reflected in our own research . It’s estimated that about 7% of youth in the United States are LGBTQ, while 40% of youth experiencing homelessness are LGBTQ.

  • Center for American Progress - Gay and Transgender Youth ...

    2013/02/08 · LGBTQ Rights Gay and Transgender Youth Homelessness by the Numbers June 21, 2010, 9:00 am Report: On the Streets: The Federal Response to Gay and Transgender Homeless Youth There are approximately ...

  • LGBTQ Youth and Homelessness | Covenant House

    LGBTQ Youth and Homelessness Youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer/questioning are at much greater risk of becoming homeless than their non-LGBTQ friends and classmates. In fact, a groundbreaking study of youth homelessness in the United States in 2017 by Chapin Hall of the University of …

  • Homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender …

    Homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth in New York City: Insights from the field Nicholas Forge Georgia State University, nforge1@gsu.edu Geoffrey L. Ream Adelphi University, ream@adelphi.edu Part of

  • LGBTQ Youth Disproportionately Experience Homeless…

    2017/11/15 · Estimates show that LGBTQ youth comprise up to 40 percent of the total unaccompanied homeless youth population, even though they make up five to 10 percent of the overall youth population. Earlier this year, HRC Youth Ambassador Justin Jones discussed his experience as a homeless LGBTQ youth with HRC.

  • Parity — Reconciling identity and faith.

    Parity helps congregations and faith organizations, clergy, seminarians, denominations and seminaries become more LGBTQia sensitive and celebratory. Parity also helps families, parents, youth, adults and elders to navigate what it means to be (or love) an LGBTQia person, and to have faith and flourish, too!

  • LGBT and Homeless in NYC: What to do if LGBT and ...

    2009/01/03 · LGBT and Homeless in NYC: What to do if LGBT and Homeless? (New York, NY) Sitting opposite me in a subway car as the A train rolled through a tunnel in Brooklyn was a light skinned Black young man, seemingly between 17 or 19-year-old, dressed in New York’s black uniform: black sweater, black jacket, and black cargo …

  • For NYC's first lady, LGBTQ youth project a way to …

    2020/01/29 · Chirlane McCray is the spokesperson for the NYC Unity Project, a multimillion dollar city-wide initiative she started to assist LGBTQ young people and their families, especially LGBTQ homeless youth.

  • All Our Children: Strategies to Prevent …

    LGBTQ homeless youth who are less connected to services • Advocate for changes to New York State regulations to allow providers of runaway and homeless youth programs to serve young adults ages 21 to

  • LGBT Homeless Youth Shelters and Residences

    2018/03/12 · Traditional homeless shelters and group homes are not always the right place (or even safe) for LGBT youth. In 2009, Bea Arthur, the star of the TV series The Golden Girls, left $300,000 to the center, and in 2012, the Ali Forney Center announced that the New York City Council and the Manhattan borough president had designated …

  • LGBTQ HOMELESS YOUTH FACT SHEET - Safe …

    LGBTQ HOMELESS YOUTH FACT SHEET • LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning. • Homeless youth are typically defined as unaccompanied youth aged 12 to 24 years. The National Alliance to

  • The Homeless LGBT Youth of NYC Are in Trouble | The …

    2017/01/13 · The Homeless LGBT Youth of NYC Are in Trouble by Kazimir Lee Posted on January 13, 2017 LGBT people make up 40% of the homeless youth in the USA. Nearly a third of LGBT youth drop out of high school. How can the ...

  • Homeless Youth Still Waiting for Housing Aid Pledged …

    2019/12/02 · Since 2018, Love’s been living in shelters run by the Ali Forney Center, an organization for homeless LGBTQ youth. On Saturday, Love turned 21. Preparing for the big day, she spent an afternoon last week running determinedly around midtown Manhattan, making stops at the DMV and the post office, and to pick up a new pink …

  • NYC to open first ever youth shelter to address LGBTQ ...

    2018/05/30 · NYC to open first ever youth shelter to address LGBTQ homelessness New, 4 comments First Lady Chirlane McCray announced a $9.5 million investment toward addressing LGBTQ homelessness in the city

  • Results of a Survey of LGBTQ New Yorkers : Office of …

    Introduction New York City’s metro area is home to the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) population in the United States and is the historic epicenter of the nation’s gay rights movement, making the LGBTQ community a vital part of the city’s social, cultural and economic fabric. ...

  • Get Involved: How To Help Homeless/Displaced …

    2020/03/14 · No, you’re not misreading this: LGBTQ youth in New York City comprise up to 40% of the homeless population. LGBTQ youths are victims of greater levels of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, trauma, HIV infection, mental health issue and substance abuse than their non-LGBTQ/cisgender counterparts.

  • Coronavirus pandemic a perfect storm for LGBTQ homeless youth

    2020/04/06 · LGBTQ adults make up an estimated 4.5 percent of the U.S. population, but recent studies have found that 20 percent to 45 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, and among young adults ages ...

  • The Bea Arthur Residence Officially Opens To Homeless ...

    2020/04/12 · The Bea Arthur Residence Officially Opens To Homeless LGBT Youth in NYC By Trey Speegle on December 10, 2017 1:48 pm The Ali Forney Center opened its new LGBTQ youth homeless residence – the Bea Arthur Residence .

  • Homelessness & Housing | Youth.gov

    Homelessness is a devastating experience that has a significant negative impact on an individual’s physical and mental health, well-being, functioning, human development, and life trajectory—and LGBT runaway and homeless youth ...

  • a homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth - Resources – …

    Resources for Homeless LGBT Youth in NYC from the Ali Forney Center Resources related to sexuality, coming out, homlessness, HIV, sexual health, trans and gender identity, religion, coming out, and self-injury, provided by The Trevor Project

  • Trinity Place Shelter – a homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth

    Welcome to Trinity Place Shelter, where our mission is to help homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ*) youth and young adults in New York City to safely transition out of the shelter system and grow into independent, positive, and productive adults.

  • LGBTQ Resources in New York City - NYC Health

    LGBTQ Resources in New York City NYC!Health!+!Hospitals! Page3! ! Destination Tomorrow Destination Tomorrow is a grassroots agency located in the South Bronx that provides services to and for the LGBTQ community.

  • LGBTQ Homeless Youth: Organizations, Info & Resources

    2014/06/16 · LGBTQ-Inclusive Organizations Working with and for Homeless Youth—and Against Youth Homelessness National Organizations The Forty to None Project (fortytonone.org) , a program of the True Colors Fund , “seeks to raise awareness about and bring an end to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth experiencing homeless…

  • What About Us

    Over 40% of homeless youth are LGBTQ in New York with 1 out of 4 becoming homeless after coming out to their families. Currently, there are no federal programs designed to meet their needs nor protect them against

  • Homeless LGBT Youth Lose $7 Million in NYC

    2015/11/18 · New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's newly released budget is getting sharp criticism from LGBT activists. The budget reportedly cuts $7 million to the city’s Runaway and Homeless Youth Services ...

  • LGBTQ Youth Shelters Strained By Coronavirus Crisis

    2020/03/26 · Homeless LGBTQ youth are facing significant barriers to emergency housing and other services as a result of public restrictions brought on by the coronavirus crisis — all while those on the inside of shelters endure elevated risk of contracting the virus and organizations feel financial strain to absorb increased demand for services.

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  • Shelter for LGBTQ Young Adults Opening in the Bronx

    2016/12/06 · An LGBTQ shelter for young adults between the ages of 21-30, the first of its kind, will be opening in the Bronx in December. According to a statement released by the New York City Department of ...