Our mission is to serve LGBTQ youth and young adults. We enhance their lives by providing empowering social and service programs that promote self-expression, self-acceptance, leadership development and healthy life choices.

Together with our supporters we are aiming to eliminate the barriers our youth face to living full, exceptional lives. Hurdles such as homelessness, suicide, job instability and many more are confronted by our programs, delivering much needed support to our youth.

Our programs include a youth center in central Phoenix, as well as 6 satellite locations throughout the state, delivering services to nearly 1,000 youth ages 11-24 each year. In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of service with programs including an LGBTQ summer camp, housing for youth experiencing homelessness, workforce development, and a high school diploma program.

Frequently youth say we are changing lives, but we also know we have saved many as well. Thank you for helping to make this work and our programs possible!

As a 25 year old organization, we have the systems in place to be able to take these issues on and ensure best practices are utilized in delivering on the programmatic goals. We work collaboratively with our community partners, supporters, and grant funders to accomplish this great work. Serving nearly 1,000 youth each year, we have the experience and systems to do so. Our new 5,000 sq ft youth center was opened in Sept. of 2017, offering welcoming space to our youth and the community. Our housing model is fully scalable to allow us to react quickly to funding changes. Our 20 member diverse board of directors includes experienced community members from all walks of life. Together with our staff of 11 full-time and 6 part-time employees, we have the capacity to deliver on even complex plans, while ensuring we are managing the nearly $1.4M yearly community investment that our budget represents.

We utilize annual and quarterly planning techniques, monthly board meetings, professional evaluations of programs and annual data from our youth participants.

Housing - supportive housing provided to 109 youth since 2012.
Youth Center - served 911 youth in 2017
Camp OutDoors - celebrated 10 years in 2017, serving 150 youth annually, teaching leadership and self esteem enhancing workshops in an inclusive camp experience.
YES Workforce Development - 136 youth served with 84% job placement rate
QBLC - Queer Blended Learning Center - Capacity for 36 youth per school year, to provide an LGBTQ inclusive high school diploma program