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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
CRAY Advocates provide urgent advocacy support for young people who experience commercial sexual exploitation during medical exams and law enforcement interviews. Medical exams and police interviews can take hours. As advocates it important to help keep young people as comfortable as possible. All of our CRAY Advocates are equipped with a CRAY bag to bring when they are called out to support a young person while they are getting interviewed by the police or getting medical exam. The CRAY bag contains information and resources our young people can utilize on an ongoing basis, comfort items, basic necessities, and more! Young people have shared this gesture is so helpful in making one of the hardest experiences a little brighter. Be a part of this important, tangible effort to support young people in our community by donating items and/or creating CRAY backpacks. This is what we typically put in a backpack: Blanket Journal Headphones Water Bottle Color Pencils Adult Coloring Book Fidget Hair Ties Band-Aids Deodorant Rain Poncho Brush Hand/Face Wipes Face Wash or makeup wipe Chapstick Pen
Date Posted: 2024-10-18
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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukee, WI 53212
Pathfinders provides assistance to help find, secure, and sustain safe housing for our young people experiencing homelessness or are at-risk homelessness, low income, special needs, and LGBTQ+ youth. We do our work with a housing first approach, believing that housing is an essential tool for success and not a reward for program compliance. And although moving in to an apartment is an exciting step for our young people, without everyday cleaning supplies, the barrier of living in a healthy environment will still be a barrier. We are asking community members to donate the following cleaning supplies so that our youth can have safe, clean, and healthy homes. Toilet Bowl Cleaner Dish Soap Fabuloso All-purpose spray Garbage Bags (13 gal) Hand Soap Sponges Laundry Pods Floor cleaner Please respond to this post to coordinate with our Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager on a drop-off date and time for your donations.
Date Posted: 2024-10-18
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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukee, WI 53202
Pathfinders Youth Shelter provides emergency housing and supportive services to homeless and runaway youth. Assistant Advocates assist with the physical and counseling needs of the youth and help staff maintain the high level of care it provides. They provide the day-to-day supervision of the residents and the guidance, support, and encouragement needed to return to a safe place. Responsibilities: Oversee the day-to-day activities of resident youth. Answer phones and provide information information, referrals and crisis counseling. Complete intakes, facilitate groups and resident orientations. Assist staff with general house management. Qualifications: Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent. Must be age 21 or older. Possess experience or an interest in working with teens and their families. Demonstrate a lifestyle and value system that is in accordance with the interests of the youth. Be able to make a 4 hour a week commitment for a minimum of 4 months. Be able to pass reference and background checks. To learn more about becoming an Assistant Advocate or to apply, please apply on our website. https://www.pathfindersmke.org/volunteer/ If you have any questions, please contact Jj Burch at community@pathfindersmke.org
Date Posted: 2024-10-18
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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukee, WI 53212
We provide our lunches to our youth and young adults Tuesday-Friday, and hot dinners on Wednesdays and Fridays. Our lunches are served in grab-n-go style and dinners can either be dropped off or served in-person. We offer our dinner meal donors the opportunity to serve their dinner in person and sit down with our youth and young adults to enjoy the meal they have prepared. Please use this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f44a9ae2aa3f9c52-pathfinders to review the available slots and click on the button to sign up. All meals should be dropped off at 4200 N Holton St. Unit 400, Milwaukee, WI 53212. Lunch ideas: lunchmeat sandwiches, subs, cheese, condiments, fruit cups, chips, fruit snacks, cookies, juice box, Lunchables/pre-packaged sandwiches Dinner ideas: chicken and beef dishes, chili, pasta dishes, taco bowls, pulled chicken/sloppy joes, soul food, pizza, juice/milk/water, cookies, pre-packaged sides/small chips Please include a few vegetarian meals (2-4) within your total of 25 meals . Due to allergies, we do not accept PB&J sandwiches (packaged nuts are okay). Lunch: 25-50 bagged lunches are accepted Tuesday-Friday Drop off lunch supplies between 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM Please pre-bag or bring the supplies for our staff to assemble them Dinner (drop-off): 25 hot meals are accepted on Wednesday or Friday evenings Drop-off between 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM Please package in separate containers or bring the meal with supplies to pack into separate to-go plates for our youth (tin foil, plates, to-go containers, etc.) Please include a few vegetarian meals (2-4) within your total of 25 meals Dinner (in-person): Hot meals are accepted on Wednesday or Friday evenings Please arrive by 4:45 PM and be prepared to serve the meal at 5:30pm Please bring supplies to pack into separate to-go containers or plates for our youth (tin foil, plates, to-go containers, etc.) If you have any questions, please contact Jj Burch at community@pathfindersmke.org or (414)988-6950.
Date Posted: 2024-10-18
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Flexible Schedule
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Milwaukee, WI 53212
Collaborative Rapid Advocacy for Youth (CRAY) is a partnership of Milwaukee grass roots and community and system based advocates designed to provide urgent medical and legal accompaniment and advocacy for youth 11 - 25 who have been commercially sexually exploited. RESPONSIBILITIES Be on-call twice per month to provide urgent, in person accompaniment and advocacy to commercially sexually exploited youth through the CRAY Collaborative. Assess youth needs and incoming requests for advocacy utilizing indicators for exploitation and offer optional in-person accompaniment support to youth. Provide medical advocacy during medical exams/consultations, legal advocacy during law enforcement interviews, crisis intervention, safety planning, harm reduction support, and service coordination as necessary. Advocate for youth during medical and legal accompaniments to know their rights, understand and explore their options, safety plan, navigate complex systems, and advocate when their rights are violated. Refer clients to community resources and other organizations, as appropriate. Attend and participate in monthly CRAY Advocate meetings. Attend the seven session on-boarding trainings for CRAY Advocates. Connect youth with Staff Advocates for ongoing services. Learn and adhere to the CRAY Response Protocol. Receive regular supervision from the CRAY Manager. Collect and submit data related to accompaniments, including feedback surveys, releases of information, and demographic and advocacy-related information. Complete all required volunteer paperwork and a fingerprint background check that will be coordinated by Pathfinders. Other duties may be assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Individual must be 21 years or older. Must be able to make independent decisions in an environment where there is exposure to stressful/crisis situations. Must maintain appropriate boundaries and confidentiality. Ability to work with a non-judgmental attitude in a population comprised of diversity in gender, socio-economic and ethnic group, religious background, sexual orientation, and physical or mental abilities. Be able to adhere to CRAY Response Protocols and accept supervision. Must be available to respond to an Advocate request in person within one hour. To learn more, please fill out our volunteer interest form. If this sounds like a good fit for you, please fill out our application.
Date Posted: 2024-10-18
