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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
Updated May 23, 2008
North Texas Youth Connection 24-hour Crisis Hotline 1-800-568-7776 |
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Youth Advocacy Council
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The Youth Advocacy Council is made up of high-school students from Grayson, Fannin and Cooke counties. To submit your application, click here to download the application form.
For high-school students in Grayson, Fannin and Cooke counties interested in helping area youth “have a voice”, Youth Advocacy Council (YAC) is accepting applications. YAC involves area youth who desire to take an active role in representing the voice of teens in the area. The group is sponsored by North Texas Youth Connection (NTYC). YAC members also represent North Texas Youth Connection as ambassadors to the community. YAC meets regularly to provide feedback about NTYC programs, lead activities in the emergency youth shelter, offer support to the agency, and create a forum for youth to have a voice in the community.
The group is member-driven, meaning that YAC members all have a voice in determining which activities the group undertakes. Involved in a wide range of activities, members have served as peer leaders, volunteer their time for local programs such as Cinco de Mayo, the Salvation Army Christmas drive, Adopt-a-Highway, coat drives, and Youth Advocacy Day summer program in Austin, Texas. YAC members visiting the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial while at youth advocacy day in Austin“The students involved in YAC are really some of the best leaders in our local schools,” stated Faye Roberson, Outreach Director at NTYC. “We see that they truly care about youth in the community. I am always impressed about how much they know about our organization and the services offered, as well as how well they seem to have a good grasp of the pulse of our local youth community. They each really want to make a difference, make life better for youth in our area.” Membership involves an application and selection process. The most important criteria for selection is passion for youth issues and willingness to make a difference. Students selected to participate must be willing to devote one hour per month for the required meeting, plus additional volunteerism as required by the different projects selected by the group.
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