Boy's House
Boys
House provides shelter, counseling, job development,
educational services, tutoring, and skill building for boys
placed by the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare systems.
They are delinquent and in need of a short-term structured
living environment and most are enrolled in an intensive,
research based model of family therapy, Functional Family
Therapy, as most of these young men will return home. For
those that won’t, longer-term placement beds are available.
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Casa de Sueńos
This is a program fully devoted to unaccompanied minors who have come
into the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement providing family reunification
services along with safe and secure shelter. The Casa uses effective Youth Development (YD) practices
by offering quality services, opportunities for success and well rounded supports.
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Family Builders
Family Builders provides low home-based services for families referred to
Child Protective
Services for neglect and low-risk abuse. The project goal is remediation
of factors leading to family crisis so families can raise successful children.
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GreenHouse Project
The GreenHouse Project, a collaboration between Tumbleweed, City of
Phoenix Councilman Tom Simplot, 1n10, NTOUCH, and community volunteers, will provide a
transitional housing program that will teach the skills necessary for independent living while
affording homeless Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) 18-24-year-olds a safe,
temporary living environment.
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Homeless Youth Intervention Program
HYIP is a Homeless Youth Intervention Program where Case Managers attempt
to prevent
homelessness or reunify homeless youth with their families and aids in
strengthening
relationships. When reunification is not appropriate, HYIP assists the
youth in becoming
independent and productive.
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Learning Center
Tumbleweed’s Learning Center is a resource center that provides
educational/vocational assistance, job development, referral and enhanced educational services
for clients in Tumbleweed programs and in the Phoenix Community. Tumbleweed Regional
High School offers education for a high school diploma. In addition, Tumbleweed offers
General Education Equivalent Diploma (GED) preparation classes. The Center provides
computer and internet access for educational and job search purposes.
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Open Hands
Tumbleweed’s first Youth Crisis Shelter, now called Open Hands, opened in
1975. Services include short-term emergency shelter, individual and family counseling,
basic needs assistance, job development, tutoring and skill-building for youth in
crisis. Youth may be runaway, homeless or experiencing family conflict or abuse in the home.
Services are available to youth who have no family resources and who are not receiving
state-funded support through other programs.
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Out-Patient Counseling
Outpatient Counseling is a service component available to all clients of
Tumbleweed’s
programs and community members offered contingent upon a youth (ages 11
to 18) with
behavioral problems and accompanied by a stable caregiver.
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Phoenix Drop-in Center
Tumbleweed’s Phoenix Drop In Center (DIC), formerly the Pappas Drop-in
Center, provides a continuum of services that promote homeless youth 22 years and younger to
move beyond the streets. In 2005, street outreach teams made contact with almost 2000
youth. Tumbleweed Outreach teams provide immediate needs on the street including
nutritious food, clothing, shelter referral, transportation, health care assistance and
counseling services.
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START Program
START (Supported Transitional Apartments, Resources and Training)
provides housing subsidy and assistance to homeless youth. The program helps them develop their
independent living skills and obtain other resources while subsidizing their rent. Youth
select their own apartments individually in a location convenient to their place of
employment/school/training program.
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Street Outreach
Mobile outreach services to street dependent youth ages 9-22. In 2005, street outreach teams made contact with almost 2000
youth. Tumbleweed Outreach teams provide immediate needs on the street including
nutritious food, clothing, shelter referral, transportation, health care assistance and
counseling services.
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Tempe Youth Resource Center
Tempe Youth Resource Center (TYRC), nestled in the heart of Tempe, was
opened in November 2002 following the successes of Tumbleweed’s Phoenix Drop-in
Center. TYRC provides basic supportive services on site such as food, hygiene and
clothing in addition to intensive case management services for homeless youth. In 2005, the
Drop-In Center served approximately 3,416 meals to about 264 youth and mobile street outreach
connected with an additional 357 youth.
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TumbleTees
TumbleTees
is a youth run T-shirt business located within Tumbleweed's
Drop-In Gallery. Every order that you place with us helps to
provide opportunities for homeless youth and learn
vocational and entrepreneurial skills, foster creative and
economic growth, and provide hope to abandoned, abused and
neglected youth.
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Young Adult Program
Tumbleweed’s Young Adult Program (YAP) provides a safe place to live for
homeless or
runaway youth who have no other financial support or place to live. These
young people have no viable family to support them and are rarely wards of the court. Youth
receive independent living training, counseling, job development and skill building, which is
designed to help the youth learn to live independently, and includes employment and parenting
skills as well as a focus on increasing education level. Youth can be pregnant or parenting
and can stay up to two years.
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