Help make the holidays happy for our homeless youth by fulfilling our wish list

24-hour Crisis Hotline 1-800-568-7776

Updated Nov. 9, 2009

Join our cause on FACEBOOK

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/7014?m=91e6b129

Join us on MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/ntxyouthconnection

Help find our homeless Sock Monkey

www.facebook.com/NTYCSockMonkey

Residents attended the JOLT camp during Spring Break, learning teamwork and leadership.  Click here for pictures.

Visit the pressroom to view current and past issues of our newsletter.  Click to subscribe to our newsletter via email quarterly

Runaway Love Music Video
Award winning entertainer Ludacris, with Mary J. Blige, promotes runaway prevention through his hit single off his Release Therapy album.

Click here to watch a video about runaway children,  courtesy of the National Runaway Switchboard

Parenting Resources

5-Minute Parenting Tips | Community Meetings | Texoma Family Matters

| Staff's Favorite Websites |

Five-minute parenting tips

Check our our blog on WordPress.  The tips take about five minutes to read and hopefully make your life just a bit easier!

Latest topics:

          Mom, I'm hungry!

          Fool 'em with veggie burritos

Let them draw on the walls!

Time-Out with Toddlers - how to use time-out to effectively discipline your child

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Community Meetings

Through the use of community meetings, educational materials, referrals, counseling and groups, we offer a support system to the community at large to increase knowledge and awareness of child abuse and to promote positive parenting.  Each of our community meetings is open and the public is encouraged to attend.  Reservations are not required.

Check back soon for our new list of community meeting dates.

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Texoma Family Matters

Texoma Family Matters will give the community strategies to strengthen their family.  Information on resources available in the community will also be provided.  Episodes are now available through our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/ntxyouthconnection

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Some of our staff’s favorite web resources:

http://www.parentkidsright.com  - website of Dr. Marilyn Hein.  Every week Dr. Hein selects one question from those she answers individually to share with all her readers. This question, and her answer, will be posted here every Thursday.

http://www.supernanny.com  - official website of the Super Nanny show.  She has some great advice and tips.

http://www.myparentingsource.com - has a section called “My Parenting Compass” which is a wonderful tool to chart your vision for each of your children.

http://www.savingdinner.com - The original Menu Planning Website.  With weekly subscriptions, freezer dinner kits and much more, we've got all your mealtimes covered, including holidays.  (Referenced in "Mom, I'm hungry! blog).

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Raise money for NTYC -  

the easy way!

Order your custom NTYC logo merchandise HERE - all profits directly benefit our organization! 

Shop your favorite online stores and automatically raise money for NTYC!  Join now by clicking here.

Take this form and have it scanned one time at Kroger with your Kroger Shopping Card, and every time after when you shop, you automatically raise money for NTYC!

When you shop at Albertsons, have them scan our fundraising card and you automatically raise money for NTYC!  The small plastic cards easily fit in your wallet or on your keychain!

Help is just one search away!  Earn $$ for NTYC simply by using GoodSearch as your search engine!  Click here and enter "North Texas Youth Connection" as your charity of choice in the "I'm Supporting" box.  Set www.goodsearch.com as your home page!

Grayson County Juvenile Alternatives, Inc., dba North Texas Youth Connection

                (903) 893-4717             P. O. Box 1625, Sherman, TX  75091-1625