September 26, 2012 Speaker Jose Acuna - Youth Link
Posted by Mary Carlson
Youth Link's mission is to empower youth to shape their own futures by providing a safe, supportive, respectful and responsive community. It is the place "where the END of homelessness and the END of poverty begin for youth served".
Jose Acuna has been involved with Youth Link for 18 years. He is so totaly committed to going into the streets, building trust and break down barriers to foster relationships with the homeless youth in our area. The goal is to teach young people that have been abandoned, abused, and neglected that they can gain control over their own lives by promoting social, emotional cognitive and behavioral competencies. Teaching self sufficiency means providing for themselves, managing their own affairs and making their own judgements. This agency is a "one stop shop" that provides housing, job opportunities,intervention services, education (GED assistance), drop in center, medical referrals, and much more. One way Jose has helped make this happen is through Street Soccer, a program which has become a very big part of the local Youth Link initiative. To learn more about Youth Link go to youthlinkmn.org It was a pleasure to host Jose and learn about this worthy crisis intervention project in our own community.
Jose Acuna has been involved with Youth Link for 18 years. He is so totaly committed to going into the streets, building trust and break down barriers to foster relationships with the homeless youth in our area. The goal is to teach young people that have been abandoned, abused, and neglected that they can gain control over their own lives by promoting social, emotional cognitive and behavioral competencies. Teaching self sufficiency means providing for themselves, managing their own affairs and making their own judgements. This agency is a "one stop shop" that provides housing, job opportunities,intervention services, education (GED assistance), drop in center, medical referrals, and much more. One way Jose has helped make this happen is through Street Soccer, a program which has become a very big part of the local Youth Link initiative. To learn more about Youth Link go to youthlinkmn.org It was a pleasure to host Jose and learn about this worthy crisis intervention project in our own community.