At the beginning of a new year, many people make resolutions to better themselves. Whether it is to get fit, quit smoking, or find a new hobby, the significance of creating resolutions is vital in allowing us to reflect on the changes we want and need to improve our lives.
Youth in the juvenile justice and foster care systems are faced with a different reality and often make resolutions more regularly than the adults in their lives. They constantly want to change and improve however, these changes can prove difficult. Harmful habits and behavior, like skipping classes or stealing are often intertwined with issues of peer pressure, poverty, and supervision. Many want to break out of the system but are unclear how to get from here to there.
City Youth Now supports youth in the San Francisco juvenile justice and foster care systems by providing funds for services and programs that help improve their lives.
Individual Grants for youth play a significant role in those involved in the system. City Youth Now makes these individual grants in recognition of the importance of individual needs, big or small. From textbooks to summer camp or martial arts classes, City Youth Now tries to provide opportunities where they are lacking thereby providing the support and resources youth need to stabilize their life. Â
Learning something new is a resolution that City Youth Now supports for youth in the system. Many have never had the opportunity to do so before City Youth Now. Youth take recreational classes, such as singing, dancing, art, and karate because of City Youth Now. These programs are funded because it helps promote positive youth development through skills building and other healthy behaviors, which can be very effective when it comes to decision making as an adult.
Helping others is another resolution that is in the top ten. It is popular because it involved selflessness and giving back to the community. City Youth Now is a nonprofit organization that relies heavily on volunteers and donations to support the services and programs they provide. For more information, please visit http://www.cityyouthnow.org/get-involved/volunteer-today. Or if you would like to make a donation, please visit http://www.cityyouthnow.org/get-involved/donate-now. Please know that your help is necessary to changing and improving the lives of young people in San Francisco.
