This Letter is for YOU
Hey everyone, its Anissa here! For those of you who may not know I am the Youth Systems Navigator for TAY Oceanside! TAY Oceanside is a drop-in and outreach program […]
Worth the Investment
By: David Baker When I decided to run away at 16 years old it wasn’t because I didn’t love my family, it was because I wanted a chance to escape […]
ACEs Aware: The CAAVE Approach
Concept 1 The Stage The brain and the body develop and work in-sync across the lifespan. People and environments shape children’s rapidly developing nervous systems, brains, bodies and emotions. Early […]
Cultivating Awareness and Acceptance during the Holiday Season
by Kristina Halmai, LMFTClinical Innovation ConsultantYMCA Youth & Family Services All of us can agree, 2020 has been anything but normal and here we are entering the holiday season! For […]
YMCA CHILDCARE RESOURCE SERVICE IS MOVING
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ATTENDANCE SHEETS SPANISH | SOMALI | ARABIC With our offices relocating to North Park, we wanted to provide you with important information regarding attendance sheets. Beginning December […]
November is Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Month
Are you at home reading this? Are you curled up with your phone on your warm couch with a cozy blanket and your cute cat (or pup) snuggled up next […]
The Y and Emo Brown Social Club Join Forces to Raise $5,000 for Students in Chula Vista
The Emo Brown Social Club in partnership with the YMCA of San Diego is excited to raise funds to support students and their families from elementary schools in Chula Vista. […]
I Am An Advocate
By: David Baker Like thousands of youth around the nation I was born into a life without stable housing due to generational homelessness. My mother was born into a life […]
BEING AND BELONGING
Rodrigo was new to Harborside Elementary school. He had moved several times in the last year, attending multiple schools, and often leaving mid-semester when his family got evicted, or his […]
Inspiring Hope Through Protective Factors
Recently, there seems to be increasing awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the long-term impact they can have. Individual adversity like abuse, neglect and household dysfunction, along with community […]
