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Champions for Youth Donate Record $140,147 More than 300 individuals and businesses joined our Champions for Youth campaign this year, donating a record $140,147 to help youth throughout San Diego County. Thank you to all these Champions for Youth! Your…

200 Join Campaign for Youth Thank you to the 200 community members who have joined our Champions for Youth campaign to date! We are so close to our goals of rallying 250 donors and raising $100,000. It’s not too late…

Human Trafficking Awareness Month January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. San Diego has one of the highest rates of sex trafficking of children in the nation. Studies indicate there may be as many as 8,000 sex trafficking victims every year…

Champions for Youth Kicks Off We officially kicked off the holiday giving season on Dec. 3 with our $100,000 Champions for Youth campaign! All donations benefit homeless and other vulnerable youth throughout San Diego County. See our early progress here…

PRIDE Award 2019 Our Safe Place won an award for the 2019 San Diego PRIDE March: 3rd Place for Best Use of 2019 Pride Theme. Our Safe Place staff and youth worked to bring their idea to light, designing and…

Run for Homeless Youth San Diego Youth Services leaders, staff and friends ran 50K on Nov. 1 to kick off Homeless Youth Awareness Month in San Diego, where more than 1,500 youth are homeless. The day-long run event, SDYS Runs for Homeless…

Q & A on Suicide and Bullying Prevention Judi Park, Program Manager for our HERE Now and Anti-BIAS programs, talks with us about suicide and bullying awareness and prevention as we transition from National Suicide Prevention Month into National Bullying Awareness Month. How common…

New Legislation to Benefit Homeless Youth Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills into law in September to help address youth homelessness. San Diego Youth Services was instrumental in the passage of the bills, together with the California Coalition for…

SDYS Runs for Homeless Youth: 50K for 50 Years The top leaders at San Diego Youth Services will run 50K (31 miles) across San Diego on Nov. 1 to kick off National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. The organization is also celebrating…

Suicide Prevention Month September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a time to share resources and learn how you can help. Today is also World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for young people between the…