Every Voice Matters!

Are you under age 25 and struggling to find or maintain reliable housing?

Your voice matters! Take the Youth REACH MD survey. What is the Youth Reach MD? Youth REACH MD (Reach out, Engage, Assist, & Count to end Homelessness) is an effort to begin to address youth homelessness in Maryland by obtaining information on the number, characteristics, and needs of youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability to help inform efforts to end and prevent youth homelessness.

What is Fenix Youth Project doing to help?

We have several events coming up in February into April. Free Pop-up Closet on the following days: Sat, Feb 20 with Lead4Life, Sat, Mar 13th, Thurs, Mar. 25, Sat, Mar. 26, Sat. Apr 10. Movie Days at the center on Fri, Feb 26, and Fri, Mar 26. Then last but not least our first-ever Virtual Game Night on Tues, Mar 16. In addition to the Youth Count Survey is our Prize Bundle! Each participant will be able to receive a $10 electronic gift card provided by Youth Reach MD. Since FYP is built differently. We are throwing in our own Prize Bundle. This includes a book bag, a $50 visa gift card, headphones, and a Chromebook. A winner will be selected on Sat, Apr 10. Prize Bundle is Sponsored by The Night Watch Childcare. 

Hope to see you all there!

2 Weeks until Giving Tuesday!

Help us work to make Wicomico’s unaccompanied youth No Longer Invisible and connect them to services that provide housing stability.

December 1, 2020, is Giving Tuesday and the official kick-off to our No Longer Invisible annual end-of-the-year fundraising campaign to fund our homeless and runaway youth outreach program that comes out of our drop-in Center located in Salisbury, MD.

FYP Arts & Media Drop-In Center provides an inclusive and safe space for teens and young adults in Wicomico County. Our creative youth development programming helps us identify and engage with young people living in an unstable environment or those at-risk of becoming homeless and connect them to resources and services. 

What are we trying to fund? Fenix Youth Project Inc. wants to Identify and Engage homeless youth in Wicomico County. By hosting outreach events, conducting surveys, and spreading awareness about youth homelessness, we hope to further fulfill our mission to empowering marginalized youth to use their creative talents to impact social change within their community.

With this year’s fundraising goal, we hope to host 12 Closet Pop Us in 2021 to distribute free clothes to the community and in locations where young people typically congregate to identify and let them know of our drop-in center services. In Spring 2021, we will be conducting a homeless youth outreach survey where our goal is to identify as many homeless youths between the ages of 13 and 25 as possible in Wicomico County. Volunteers, as young as 13 years old, will have the opportunity to educate the community about possible legislation and policy changes that end youth homelessness.

Want to participate in #NoLongerInvisibleTuesday?

• Start a Facebook Fundraiser; Post a Donation Sticker for Fenix Youth Project in your stories!

• Participate in our #WeavingCommunity Twitter Chat 12/1 at 7:00 PM on Twitter @Fenix_YP; Let’s talk about ways we end youth homelessness on the Lower Eastern Shore

• #ShineLight on the good you're doing in the community! Post a #unselfie or a 15-second video using the hashtag #NoLongerInvisibleTuesday #GiveTuesday

What is Giving Tuesday?

GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past 8 years, this idea has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

Are we prepared to serve our homeless youth on the Lower Shore?

Are we prepared to serve our homeless youth on the Lower Shore? Like, really.

Fenix Youth Project is dedicated to serving the population that is nicknamed “Invisible”. Children and youth experiencing homelessness are disproportionately likely to have special needs and to be Hispanic or African American.

Homelessness has a negative impact on academic achievement that is over and above poverty. In 2017-2018, the national average high school graduation rate for homeless students was 67.8% — 10% below other low-income students

More than ever we need youth, parents, and educators to come together and respond to school closures and COVID-19. Together, we need to ensure these plans equitably and adequately address the unique needs of students experiencing homelessness.

Check out this info graphic we created to share the facts provided by the 2018 Youth Count sponsored with Youth REACH MD.