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Youth Advocates Ending Homelessness offered at Mockingbird Society
Helps youth ages 13-24 engage in local decision-making processes, meeting with policymakers and funders, and preparing for and engaging in public speaking opportunities.
Provides an opportunity for youth and young adults to engage in statewide decision-making processes, meet with policymakers and funders, and prepare for and engage in public speaking opportunities.
Holds monthly chapter meetings to develop supportive relationships, build skills, and discuss current issues impacting youth and young adults experiencing foster care and/or homelessness.
Provides youth-focused training, including Storytelling for Advocacy, and Legislative Advocacy.
Public speaking engagements including panels, workgroups/task forces, media requests, keynote speeches, and custom trainings and presentations that center the voices of lived experience experts.
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Wrap Around Support Foundation for Youth Resiliency and Engagement (FYRE)
Provides a wide range of services for youth 12-24 years of age. Services focus on housing support, mental health support, education, healthcare, parenting, criminal/legal support, and advocacy.
Provides a wide range of services for youth 12-24 years of age. Services focus on housing support, mental health, education, parent support, healthcare, criminal/legal support, and advocacy services.
- Advocates can help access services based on unique situation & need, such as transportation, phone cards, obtaining a State ID, food banks, DSHS benefit applications, and job search.
- Housing support may include housing search, referral to a shelter, temporary housing, or rapid/immediate housing, depending on the client's circumstances.
- Refers to Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare or online counseling for mental health support.
- Connects clients to criminal/legal support and services, such as defense attorneys, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, or Northwest Justice Project.
- Parenting support includes baby items, free books, referrals to child services, and more.
- Bilingual tutoring is available on site.
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Gas MoneyHousing Advocacy GroupsIdentification Card Fee Payment AssistanceJob Search/PlacementFormula/Baby FoodCommunity SheltersGeneral Legal AidTANF ApplicationsRapid Re-Housing ProgramsFood Stamps/SNAP ApplicationsTelephone Service Payment AssistanceSpecial Education AdvocacyTherapy ReferralsEducation Advocacy GroupsPersonal Health Care Advocate ServicesGeneral Education AdvocacySpecialized Information and ReferralSubject TutoringHousing Search AssistanceTransportation Advocacy GroupsEmployment Related Advocacy GroupsBaby ClothingDiapersHomelessness Advocacy GroupsWraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Youth Programs offered at Mockingbird Society
Provides opportunities for youth who have experienced foster care and/or homelessness to connect for peer support, develop advocacy skills, submit writing and personal stories, and be published in a locally produced newspaper.
The Mockingbird Society's Youth Programs bring together youth and alumni of foster and kinship care from across Washington State to provide advocacy and leadership training, build connection and support for one another, and build young peoples' confidence and skills as changemakers in their communities.
Youth Programs creates a quarterly publication called The Mockingbird Times, which includes poetry, writings, and personal stories accepted from young people across Washington state.
Mockingbird provides stipends for participants, and Mockingbird Times contributors are paid for their work.
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