 Tonichelle first came to Covenant House as a minor just a month before her 18th birthday. Tired of being moved around, she has been working with her Case Manager and other Covenant House staff on her plan to achieve her short-term goals in order to obtain her future dreams. She said, “I’m focusing on myself and what I need to do.” After coming to the Crisis program at age 18, she quickly went into our Rights of Passage transitional living program. She attended and completed our Job . . . more
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 I wanted to take a moment to talk about two of our programs – Outreach and Drop-In Center. Last year we were able to obtain a Federal grant which enabled us to resume the Outreach program to those youth still living on the streets. This program is close to my heart and a very important of our mission to help these street kids. The Outreach staff goes out six days a week on foot patrol or in the van to different neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs that are known to have youth . . . more
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