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Everybody Needs a Safe Place

Safe Place: 25 years - Building a Safety Net for Youth Safe Place is the first step to help for any youth in crisis or at risk. This community collaboration program, operated by youth shelters or youth serving agencies make it possible for any youth to access help at locations including fast food restaurants, convenience stores, fire stations, libraries and city buses which display the Safe Place sign. Youth can easily find help at Safe Place sites in their own neighborhood whenever they need it. Safe Place connects youth to immediate help and safety and offers supportive services to both youth and their families.

Safe Place News

Posted: May 28 2008

NSP, Southwest Airlines to Honor HEROES

National Safe Place and Southwest Airlines have joined forces to honor up to 10 individuals this October who have made extraordinary contributions to better the lives of at-risk youth with its new "HEROES for Youth" Award. For more information about the award, including the online nomination form, please visit www.nationalsafeplace.org/heroes

Posted: Mar 14 2008

Senate Designates March 16-22 as NSP Week

The Senate has designated March 16-22 as "National Safe Place Week." Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) sponsored the resolution that was unanimously approved. Safe Place programs across the country will use the week to recognize the countless volunteers, businesses and civic organizations that make Safe Place possible. Click here to read more about the National Safe Place Week resolution.

Posted: Mar 13 2008

"Building A Safety Net For Youth" Launches

National Safe Place has set an ambitious goal of educating 2.5 million youth during its 25th anniversary in 2008. "Building A Safety Net For Youth" serves as a theme for the year as Safe Place meets youth on their turf - online and at the movies. National Safe Place has also launched a new youth-focused Web site, http://www.safeplaceforteens.org/.

For updates and more information on the campaign, click here.

Posted: Mar 04 2008

Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act Announced

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) announced the "Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act" in Louisville yesterday. Rusty Booker, a former Safe Place youth whose testimony before Congress was instrumental in crafting the legislation, spoke, along with National Safe Place executive director Sandy Bowen. The proposed bill will reauthorize the main federal funding source for runaway and homeless youth programs across the country. Check out our new blog at http://www.safetynetforyouth.org/ for our coverage.

Posted: Feb 15 2008

New 'Heart of the Matter' Published

Forty youth and seven youth service professionals from across the nation have been selected to have their artwork, poems and stories published in "Heart of the Matter," a new book produced by NSP. Click here to learn more about 'Heart of the Matter' and see the full list of selections. Click here to see the book.