From the Desk of Professional Development: New Year, Self-Care
How are you recommitting to self-care in 2020? Written by: Leslie Scott, MSSA, LSW, CTP-C, Professional Development Coordinator It’s a new year and with each new year comes new year resolutions. I am not one for making new year resolutions, but I recently watched a TedX video on the teen brain and was struck by […]
What Do You Expect? Part 5
Part five of six: Youth Outreach Program (YOP) Our community can expect diligence in finding the young people that need our help most. One of the things that young people in crisis almost always lack is support and direction from a trusted adult. As a result, they don’t always know that help exists, or where […]
What Do You Expect? Part 4
The Counseling Center at Huckleberry House Our community can expect increased access to specialized support tailored to teen and young adult challenges For nearly 50 years, the staff at Huckleberry House has been dedicated to supporting young people and families struggling with serious issues, like poverty, homelessness, abuse, and neglect. We’ve developed knowledge and expertise specific to this population. […]
What Do You Expect? Part 3
Part three of six: Transitional Living Program Our community can expect a collaborative effort to resolve youth homelessness In Franklin County, 3,000 youth are estimated to be homeless each year and another 4,000 at imminent risk of becoming homeless. When you’re young and in this situation, you need more than a roof over your head. […]
What Do You Expect? Part 1
Part one of six: What do you expect? Our contract with the community is about more than keeping kids off the street. It’s about changing the expectation of what we can collectively accomplish. Judayza Johnson didn’t expect to be homeless at 17. But when mom left town and didn’t return for weeks, cutting off all […]
Youth Homelessness – From the desk of the Professional Development Team
Take a quick minute to look around you – how many people are nearby? One? Five? Thirty? In the US, 1 in 5 teens experience homelessness. 1 in 10 young adults experience homelessness. That means if you played on the football starting line, 2 of your teammates would have experienced homelessness. In college, that is […]
The Counseling Center at Huckleberry House
Below is a transcript of an interview between Victoria Alesi, Development Manager and Abbey Wollschleger, Programs and Clinical Director, and Erica Schnitz, Family Support Manager. Victoria – Why is Huckleberry House expanding their counseling services to different paying audiences? Abbey – I am regularly asked by friends, family members, when I run into people in […]
Huck House Youth Award Winners: Dexter and Katelynn
Meet Dexter Dexter has overcome many traumatic experiences of violence, victimization, housing insecurity, oppression, and discrimination related to his gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic class. Despite this adversity, he acts as a mentor to other LGBTQIA+ youth. Dexter brings folks together through art and discussion, and he is passionate […]
2019 Very Merry Huckleberry Holiday
A Very Merry Huckleberry House Lighting, efficiently powered by AEP Ohio. Sunday, December 1, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Huckleberry House 1421 Hamlet Street, Columbus, OH 43201 Join us as we kick off a Very Merry Huckleberry Holiday and light up the house at 1421 Hamlet Street! Cookies and cocoa will be served […]
Huck House Youth Award Winners: Destiny and Daaron
Meet Destiny Two words that describe Destiny are strong and determined. Due to false allegations, she lost custody of her newborn daughter in 2018. When Destiny first came to Huck House, she was seeking services to complete her parenting plan in order to regain custody of her daughter. Instead of settling for the circumstances given to her, she was […]