LGBT Homeless Youth to Receive New Service
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 29, 2015 -- Today, Rainbow Safety Network Inc, a non profit company dedicated to the LGBT community and serving LGBT youth, announced the upcoming launch of rainbowsafetynetwork.org, designed to assist LGBT homeless youth find temporary “Safe Houses” when they are disowned by their family and forced to leave their home.
“As we build out our platform, we are aiming to satisfy the demand for safe houses via a zip code search and are actively recruiting families and individuals to volunteer their home as a “Safe House,” said, Robert Schaublin-Yanes, Executive Director at Rainbow Safety Network. Interested families and volunteers should contact us through rainbowsafetynetwork.org/safehousevolunteers “Our mission is to serve LGBT youth and help as many displaced kids as we can throughout the United States by providing a safe and protected place,” Schaublin-Yanes continued. rainbowsafetynetwork.org/mission
In addition to assisting LGBT children with the temporary housing, Rainbow Safety Network will be providing each child with a free therapist to help them work through a very devastating event, with the intention of preventing the possibility of suicide, drug abuse and sexual abuse. The primary goal of Rainbow Safety Network is to keep LGBT youth protected, off the streets and in school. There is hope that they will be reconciled with their family.
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ABOUT RAINBOW SAFETY NETWORK
Founded in 2015, Rainbow Safety Network Inc is a 501(3)(c) Non-Profit whose mission is to create a national network of safe haven homes for the LGBT youth community. These children are forced to leave their homes because their family cannot tolerate or cope with the child’s sexual or gender orientation. This housing alternative is temporary; from one day to two weeks
Every safe home family is required to go through a thorough background check and must provide documentation that they can provide the temporary housing these kids need. There are no strict financial requirements for the hosting household, but they must be loving, compassionate and patient.
All of Rainbow Safety Network’s funding to provide this much-needed assistance for these children is obtained by the generosity of the general public.
For more information:
Robert Schaublin-Yanes
(415) 603-7039
rob(at)rainbowsafetynetwork(dot)org
For more information on July 28, 2015:
Rainbow Safety Network
Robert Schaublin-Yanes, Rainbow Safety Network, http://www.rainbowsafetynetwork.org, +1 4156037039, [email protected]
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