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Neighborhood Nonprofit Spotlight: Yes Youth
Youth Empowerment Shelter, serving the youth of North Central Oregon.
Patch learns about Yes Youth, a Portland nonprofit dedicated to providing homeless youth with support.
Patch: Tell Patch a little about you and your organization!
Yes Youth: We are the only youth shelter in the Mid-Columbia area, serving youth 10-17 years of age, offering shelter and optional services.
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Patch: How does your organization help to strengthen the local community?
Yes Youth: Giving youth and their families hope in difficult time, offering safe options to homeless youth so they are not vulnerable to the exploitation of homelessness, lowering crime by making necessities available, so runaways are forced to commit crimes in order to survive.
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Yes Youth: June 2016
Patch: What is the biggest struggle your organization faces?
Yes Youth: Funding to pay qualified staff.
Patch: What do you hope for the future of your nonprofit?
Yes Youth: To provide consistent shelter and services to youth as needed 24/7/365.
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