Safe Place for Youth (SPY) Helping Homeless Youth in Venice Beach
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2019
- I first connected with Safe Place for Youth (SPY) around eight years ago. I believe it was their social media volunteer that reached out to me and asked that I connect with their executive director Alison Hurst t. They took me out to lunch and since that moment, Alison has been one of my favorite people. In a sector that's often fueled by political agendas, Alison's candor is refreshing. She tells it like it is. Alison also genuinely cares for homeless youth.
At the time, Safe Place for Youth did even have a location in Venice Beach. Now, they have a wonderful building where they are able to help over a hundred homeless youth every day.
I love Safe Place for Youth, which many of the kids now call SPY. I have visited a few times. It's a happy place full of love. Because SPY is just a day center, watching the homeless youth leave around 5pm is so very sad. A lot can happen to young adults out on the streets.
The good news is that the Los Angeles City Council approved a Bridge Home, which is a temporary housing facility that will have 54 beds dedicated to homeless youth. I love that Councilmember Mike Bonin visited with the youth at SPY to get their insight on the bridge housing's design and support services.
In full disclosure, Invisible People is working with Los Angeles to help humanize homelessness. We were given no instructions except to do what we do best and that is to empower homeless people to share their own stories. Our work features the raw and unfiltered stories of homeless people. I have to give lots of respect to Mike Bonin supporting this type of storytelling and for genuinely wanting homeless people's voice to be heard.
One of the many highlights of this video is near the end when we talk to two formerly homeless youth that are now living in a host home. As far as I know, Safe Place for Youth (SPY) is one of the first homeless youth organizations that connect people who have a spare room with homeless youth. It's truly amazing! With homeless numbers increasing and the affordable housing crisis getting worse, we need to figure out creative ways to end homelessness. Hearing from these two young adults really sold me on the host home model!
To learn more about SPY, please click here www.safeplaceforyouth.org
Special thanks to Ashley Proulx (www.ashleyproulx.com)
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God bless you Mark.
What a brilliant place SPY is, Alison is a genuine caring person and her energy is amazing, glad she's using it to helping the needy homeless.
I thought this video was a dream! I never realized that this amazing organization exists. This is precisely what any community needs to help the youth. I was smiling all through the video. Great work Allison and SPY. I'm so happy 😙
I agree with what Allison said. Alot of people do complain about the homeless but aren't doing crap to help out. So if you are one of those people who do that, then either help out or quit complaining
We've missed you in the comments. 😁
I'm really impressed with the SPY program. What a wonderful idea. They offer help in several areas. Being able to bring their pets that's really good. People need their pets for emotional support. I love the art and music program. Everyone is so powerful, positive and caring effectively working with the youth. Also the new 54 beds that will be available soon. That is such a true blessing it warms my heart. Caring people accomplishing true healing among their clients.
Thank you Mark for being a voice for the homeless. Your videos provide so much insight. They inspire people to get involved in their area of the country. I appreciate all your efforts. You are such a Joyful Giver. Take care 🎥😊
What a wonderful place for the youth to get help. Thank you, Mark for all that you do. God bless you.
Yes SPY!!!!! I love ❤️ this program! I’m glad to see something more positive and hopeful!
Bikers are some of the biggest supporters of homelessness
I'm glad to see that there are more options for homeless youth. I would maybe have been one myself if I wasn't lucky enough to have family that helped me out.
That's the real help not the words of politicians! Good job!
I love ur content man love your videos and working for the homeless
You are the most pure hearted and honest youtuber 💕
Thanks for your kind words
Agent J productions couldn’t have said it better
Myself!!
Why would anyone give a thumbs down on people helping people. Love the positive energy these people have and helping youth! 💛
A wonderful program for our youth. What great news about the shelter upcoming. It's a start!
Always wanted to shout out SPY visited here from 2017-2018 and they never failed me. Truly God sent. I cant say nothing but God bless u. Godspeed
Love this! Making a difference one peace of at time. Just like a puzzle. ❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
One little peace at a time, I like that
See. There are angels walking among us. 💖
I like this kind of video, because it shows us how our helping is actual being carried out. We see the faces of those who are homeless in most of the videos, and that gives them a voice, and that's great. This video lets us visually see the impact of how our help is actually helping the homeless, and being put into practice; the solutions being brought to fruition, and that's also great. Thanks for this video, Mark. Very interesting video, too.
If my city had a Host Home program, I would do it in a heartbeat...at least until my house sells (it's going to be a while). I hate the thought of young kids being on the streets facing the dangers of assault, robbery, or worse because of the areas they stay at night....places I'd be afraid to go during the daytime! 😥
You are an incredible human being. Im a pessimist but people like u r the anomaly. Ur kindness is an act of rebellion against the dominant tide of negativity in the world. Thank you fir your work
I love this video💞💞
This is amazing
Alison (sounds Pommy? Brits are the tops!!!) & team are inspiring... lovely caring peeps...bless yr cotton sox all of you! Big hug...
Pure AWESOMENESS
This is amazing! Love and power to you all!
Go Alison!
Thank you mark. This was a positive thing to see
SPY is a great place
@@InvisiblePeople I wish there was a place like that where I live. I think we need one
Thank you for sharing and educating us the public about youth homelessness
I love everything you guys did for me..I love you guys so much.i miss you..YOUR THE BEST
Thank you for featuring orgs like this who're out there helping the homeless. We need more of this in our country & beyond. Awesome 👍
I wish San Diego had a program like this xo
This is awesome!!!! ❤❤
Ellen should see this.
What a nice Channel! Your a big help to a lot of people in need 👍
We need more people like you god bless you
Hi guys waiting for this long time
Great focus on youth, how are they funded? Needs to be duplicated in nor.cal ❣
Your a great person mark
I cant poo poo on this.
Blessed.
Wow this is so awesome!!. They should make one for adult homeless too. But i would love donating to SPY so they can keep doing theyre doing🙏
U are doing such a great job. God bless u.
Good people and a great project. Thanks for the video. Hope the state of CA though does not descend into anarchy under the current crop of political leaders at the state level.
That’s awesome to see people’s life’s getting transformed!
Thank you for contact man
They should provide their model to the state and even to the entire country
@Thought Criminal what are you talking about I'm talking about homelessness not immigration
shared, awesome.
This is such an empowering video for other communities, Mark. Every community in the world, should get behind similar programs. I can't even begin to imagine the work involved, just to organize this type of program but we can see, that it can actually be done. At least during the day, the youth do not feel isolated and I am sure that many have formed friendships and support networks. 54 beds is going to make a huge difference in 54 young lives.
There needs to be more places in different states like this
I really hope everyone is able to get off the streets.
Mark you r amazing wat you do xxxxx your not judgemental just a good guy
This awesome, I’m going to donate to this youth program
This is awesome!
Were in the deep freeze here in mass
Praying for you, and for other to get motivated and GET UP AND HELP
Amazing organization. They should get some celebrities to help them get more attention
This is great xoxo
Mark get some cops on board to help not arrest
Great cause
Mostly homeless are belongs to broken family they need love and respect.
awesome
This is great now how about we take care of older homeless people. Its extremely more difficult for older homeless as far as jobs and health
i hope this idea spreads to Europe too. A lot of people think about homeless people as ' normal' and ' have always been. But it s our current form of capitalism which puts profit over people. Whereas it is really better for a flourishing capitalism/economy if people have an affordable home and feel safe. It s gonna be interesting to see in the next couple of years how programms like this and others will change the way we look at homeless people.
notice their face when he said "theyre no longer homeless'
I always thought that was a good idea, hosting to help people get on their feet. My family is always short a bedroom, but if I could buy or rent a house with extra bedrooms, I'd do it.
What protection do the homeowners get if they room a homeless youth? Does SPY stay involved once a place has been found.:) Great video Mark.:)
Why not ask what protection do the homeless youth get from homeowners?
God bless the young what has this country
HI JOHN JUST GAVE TWO GUYS SOME FOOD TODAY
Do you work with Goodwill? I have some clothes to give in my trunk
Sorry, I do not at the moment. You may want to find a local store
@@InvisiblePeople I will, Thanks for getting back so quickly, keep up the awesome work. You are very inspiring👍
Dude where is this place at....like exact location..i would love to visit and contribute with what i can...im in antelope valley and often visit venice.
Boston. Bridge Over Troubled Water. Check it out!
Mark! Thank u for doing this video. SPY got me off of the streets about 6 years ago. Today my 6 year old has no idea what its like to sleep outside. Spy found me housing 3 times and they are my family forever. Please if ur reading this donate all of your dollars to spy. I was a good investment.
Think part of learning team work and social skills can be done with sports and games that aren't violent. Ultimate Frisbee is perfect and has tournaments with cash prizes, chess could be another area of focus. But what I would love is a mycology "mushroom" club to work with a shelter so they can grow their own food. These clubs can give new options to teens.
Mark 10yrs out their I got lucky no shelters here you have to take a bus to reach one
SPY = S&P 500
i would like to link up with spy to start a motion picture class where they have access to cameras and software to help make movies
Would like to see a Collabs with Stevie Williams who has a VICE vid called from homeless to skateboard mogul and Vinny Banh a youtuber who has been homeless and couch surfs. Also a vid called benefits of the Lions Mane mushroom and how it helps maintain mental abilities could teach shelters to grow and serve brain food with help from a mycology club.
Lions Mane is suppose to taste like lobster if prepared correctly.
1:11 is a meme lmfao
I'm curenty homeless is there anyway I can get help ? Support?
They just need to get their shit together and get a job and start paying taxes and bills !!!! Just big facts man there’s jobs like crazy at McDonald’s jack in the box a lot of fast food places
Many homeless people have this jobs! They don’t pay enough to afford rent in any city in America.
Oh, you may like this ua-cam.com/video/9tnPSEdkQOw/v-deo.html
NOT A PROBLEM
Good. but im about to be homeless lol.
I hate to say this I just went outdoors people are going to die its FREEZING clear sky
Too bad no jobs available for these young folks
Going down to zero