The Empire State Coalition is a membership organization using its collective voice to promote the safety, health and future of runaway, homeless and street-involved youth.
The Empire State Coalition is committed to working on behalf of runaway, homeless and street youth to ensure their rights. Youth have the right to be safe, healthy and prepared for the future.
The Empire State Coalition brings together agencies and individuals from throughout New York State who share our ideals and who, by serving youth in the full context of their families, their cultures and their communities, provide a continuum of services that works towards making that ideal a reality.
As an
advocacy organization, the Empire State
Coalition is a collective voice to:
- Promote voluntary
strength-based services for youth and their families.
- Advocate for resources
in every community.
- Share ideas and expertise;
disseminate information.
- Network for a full range
of quality services.
- Develop
program models to meet new and changing needs.
See a summary of the 2007
NYC Homeless Youth Survey.
See the ESC 2006-2007
Annual Report.
Visit the InterNetwork
for Youth, National
Runaway Switchboard and Project
Safe Place websites!
NEWS:
Running in the Shadows, Recession Drives Surge in Youth
Runaways By IAN URBINA, NYT, October 26, 2009
New Video: Safe,
Healthy and Prepared: Ensuring the Future for Runaway
and Homeless Youth in New York State
In 2002, the New York City
Association of Homeless and Street-Involved Youth Organizations
(“The Association”) developed a bi-annual
State
of the City Report (hyperlink to report) as a strategic
part of its agenda to provide information about homeless
and street-involved youth, the services available to them
and building an awareness of existing gaps in services.
In addition to their monthly meetings, forums, public
vigils and public organizing, the Association has become
a practical think tank informed by clinical practice and
motivated by resource coordination and management. The
Association has developed this bi-annual report written
by its members to highlight the state of clinical, social
and population-specific issues affecting the homeless
and street-involved youth living in New York City. See
the updated 2009 NYC
Association of Homeless and Street-Involved Youth Organizations'
State of the City's Homeless Youth Report
