May 20, 2013

Fun[d]raising

I’m pretty excited. This week we’ll be putting on our dresses and coats for a fundraiser being organized by Credit Union One. The credit union’s approach […]
May 7, 2013

Love.

We love what we do. Each of us who works, serves, volunteers, or gives to Fairbanks Youth Advocates is doing so with their heart. We are […]
April 3, 2013

Sleeping Safe

We’ve been really busy since February. Last week we released our quarterly news update – if you didn’t get to read it then, read it now. […]
February 22, 2013

Do you see homeless youth?

Homelessness among young people is hard to see.  We call them the invisible homeless: they don’t want to be seen, counted, identified, singled out.  Besides, they […]
January 30, 2013

Resilience

Resiliency.  That’s a term that comes up often when talking with other service providers, but may not be one the general public recognizes. Think strength.  Think […]
January 23, 2013

In From The Cold

It is that time of year again.  Every year in January, across the nation, communities come together to gather information about the scope of homelessness within […]
January 2, 2013

New Beginnings

Happy New Year! A month ago, we officially opened our doors and admitted the first teens into our temporary shelter, operated out of First Presbyterian Church.  […]
November 15, 2012

The Stories

November is National Youth Homelessness Awareness Month, and yet, in Fairbanks, many of us have no reference point to understand youth homelessness in Interior Alaska. I […]
October 19, 2012

How did you get here?

Last week, at the annual conference of the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homeless, I had the opportunity to meet a young woman who now works […]