The Launch of the Covenant House International Institute: Strengthening Research and Representation for At-Risk and Homeless Youth

This talk will present the Covenant House International Insitute, the agency's newest initiative that will study issues related to the homeless and at-risk youth population, provide data critical for policy and funding decisions, and train emerging social-service leaders. Covenant House is one of the world's largest privately-funded agencies serving at-risk and homeless youth and has 18 sites across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The agency provides crisis, vocational, educational, medical, legal, and other services to over 65,000 clients a year. The talk will also touch on preliminary results for a pilot project being done in collaboration with the Columbia Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies.

Bruce J. Henry, a nationally-recognized expert on youth homelessness, has recently been named the Director of the newly-launched Covenant House International Institute. For over 23 years, Mr. Henry served as the Executive Director of Covenant House New York, which serves homeless and at-risk youth. In this position, he was responsible for the operation and leadership of all Covenant House New York programs: the Crisis Center, Mother and Child program, Rights of Passage, Community Resource Centers, and the Management Training Program. His desire and commitment to assist this underprivileged population is evident by his work to create programs and services that continually meet the needs of youth. Mr. Henry has been influential in shaping not only Covenant House New York but the field of social services overall.

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