{"id":67507,"date":"2018-03-05T15:21:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T20:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=67507"},"modified":"2018-03-05T15:43:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T20:43:33","slug":"valley-youth-house-receives-180000-harry-jeanette-weinberg-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=67507","title":{"rendered":"Valley Youth House Receives $180,000 from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>BETHLEHEM, PA 3\/5\/2017<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Valley Youth House has received a grant of $180,000 over a two year period from the Weinberg Foundation for supportive housing for homeless older adolescent youth in Lackawanna County.\u00a0 The objective of this program is to ensure that youth have the skills and resources to sustain stable housing and engage as contributing members of their community following conclusion of services.<\/p>\n<p>Success will be measured according to participants\u2019 level of preparedness in five core arenas:\u00a0\u00a0housing, education, employment, permanency, and income.\u00a0 Direct services will include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Rental assistance for youth to live in scattered-site, market-rate housing in locations of their choosing anywhere in Lackawanna County<\/li>\n<li>One-on-one life skills training<\/li>\n<li>One-on-one support for educational advancement and linkages with remedial help as needed<\/li>\n<li>Employability skills instruction, assistance with the job search process, and one-on-one support for employment retention and advancement<\/li>\n<li>Assistance in identifying and developing relationships with supportive adult role models to serve as a resource following discharge<\/li>\n<li>One-on-one financial instruction and guidance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>As a result of their involvement with Valley Youth House, formerly homeless youth will be able to sustain stable housing without subsidy, and will increase their income in order to support themselves.\u00a0 Rental assistance and case management will be provided for up to 6 homeless youth ages 18-24 at a point in time.\u00a0\u00a0Many will be parenting and accompanied by their children.\u00a0\u00a0The targeted age group, while of \u201clegal age,\u201d is often ill-prepared for independence \u2013 not only due to their age, but also given past histories of trauma and abuse and lack of family resources that led to homelessness.\u00a0 Life skills training and case management includes \u201csurrogate parenting \u201c\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; providing consistency, role modeling of appropriate adult behaviors, and providing support while youth develop the skills and resources to live independently.<\/p>\n<p>Youth homelessness is a hidden problem.\u00a0\u00a0Youth without stable housing will often deliberately hide from authorities in an attempt to avoid being returned to an abusive or violent family and a fear of entering shelter.\u00a0\u00a0According to the National Coalition for the Homeless (2007), the most common causes for youth homelessness are histories of parental abuse and neglect and aging out of the foster care system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of this grant, Valley Youth House is able to expand services into an area with great need and no other youth-specific housing.\u00a0 Assistance to this vulnerable population of young adults will ensure preparation for a positive future\u201d stated Kathi Krablin, Valley Youth House\u2019s Director of Grants and Foundations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #1e284a; font-family: Helvetica;\">About Valley Youth House<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b> Valley Youth House (<a href=\"https:\/\/valleyyouthhouse.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f10cbe4d4c4bb4be2ae3cdbf8&amp;id=2d751078cb&amp;e=a63d374a1b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/valleyyouthhouse.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Df10cbe4d4c4bb4be2ae3cdbf8%26id%3D2d751078cb%26e%3Da63d374a1b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520367158473000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGHdsK0uO0X7XNItvhHOVytIdTFww\">valleyyouthhouse.org<\/a>) does more than just provide homes for Pennsylvania\u2019s vulnerable, abused, and homeless youth. We partner with thousands of individuals each year to build a solid foundation for young people and their families. With dedicated street outreach, housing, counseling, skills training, health, prevention, and intervention services, we empower resilient young people in establishing promising futures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information Provided By:<br \/>\nEmily Conners<br \/>\nValley Youth House Development Officer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Valley-Youth-House-Listing.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}