Street Youth Ministry Of Austin

TO KNOW,LOVE AND SERVE HOMELESS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS SO THEY ACHIEVE MORE STABILITY, SOBRIETY AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING.WE PROVIDE PHYSICAL RELIEF TO HELP MEET IMMEDIATE NEEDS,BUT GUIDANCE CONSELING IS OUR PRIMARY AIM.

CLIENT SERVICES: STREET YOUTH MINISTRY (SYMIN) SERVES STREET-DEPENDENT YOUTH ("CLIENTS") WITH THREE MAIN STRATEGIES: MEET THEM, GET THEM ENGAGED IN OUR CORE SERVICES, AND HELP THEM MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR LIVES AS THEY SET GOALS AND PRIORITIES. IN 2021, SYMIN COMPLETED OUR FOURTH YEAR OF OPERATION IN OUR RENTED FACILITY NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, HAVING TRANSITIONED FROM ENTIRELY POP-UP EVENTS IN BORROWED FACILITIES PRIOR TO 2017. IN 2021 WE MET 292 NEW CLIENTS OVERALL, UP 37% FROM 2020. WE SERVED 557 UNIQUE CLIENTS (UP 17%). WE MET AN AVERAGE OF 5.9 NEW CLIENTS EACH WEEK DURING 2021, SIGNIFICANTLY UP 37% FROM PRIOR YEAR. WE CONTINUED OUR PANDEMIC TRANSITIONED PROGRAM WITH FOUR SEPARATE SERVICE OFFERINGS: (1) XDROP-BY" SERVICES - OUTDOOR COUNSELING AND SUPPLIES HANDED OUT AT A DISTANCE FROM THE GATE OF OUR MAIN CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

INTERNSHIPS: SYMIN TRAINS FUTURE LEADERS THROUGH ITS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. DURING THE 10-WEEK EXPERIENCE, INTERNS ARE TRAINED TO LEAD VOLUNTEER-BASED, URBAN POVERTY-INFORMED MINISTRIES. SOME USE THEIR TRAINING TO SERVE OR START MINISTRY WORK AT CHURCHES WHERE THEY BELONG. OTHERS USE THE INTERNSHIPS TO AUGMENT THE HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS OF THEIR PLANNED CAREERS, E.G., TEACHING, LEGAL, MEDICAL. A FEW STAYED WITH SYMIN AS TEAM MEMBERS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS DEVELOPED A SPECIFIC AND REPEATABLE TRAINING CURRICULUM THAT ALL STAFF AND INTERN RECEIVE, INCLUDING A TEXBOOK ON STREET YOUTH CULTURE, WEEKLY VIDEO DISCUSSION OF THE BOOK,WEEKLY VIDEO TRAINING AND HANDOUTS ON PRACTICAL SKILLS, A WEEKLY PROJECT TO CEMENT THE LEARNING IN PLACE, AND HANDS-ON DAILY WORK SUPERVISED BY OUR TEAM. IN 2021, WE TRAINED SEVEN PEOPLE WHO BECAME CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

PUBLIC AWARENESS: SYMIN RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS BY TELLING STORIES FROM THE STREET, UTILIZING MEDIA, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND CLASS PROJECTS AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION. STREET YOUTH ARE FREQUENTLY INVISIBLE, NOT UNDERSTOOD, AND UNDER-SERVED. WE PROVIDE DOWNLOADABLE AND PRINTED RESOURCES, LEAD SERVICE PROJECTS, SUPPLY PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND PUBLISH AWARENESS-RAISING NEWSLETTERS. OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE VISIBILITY OF NEEDS FOR OUR POPULATION, AND SEVERAL OTHER FAITH-BASED WORKERS WHO FIRST WERE WITH US AS VOLUNTEERS AND AT PUBLIC AWARENESS EVENTS, HAVE BEEN SERVING STREET YOU INTENTIONALLY. OUR NEWLETTER BASE IN 2021 IS 8,777, UP A HARD-FOUGHT 5% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR! THAT INCLUDES OUR QUARTERLY (4,399), PRAYER (1,466), VOLUNEER (1,707), AND COLLABORATOR (381) NEWSLETTERS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

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