Summary
Organization name
Northfield Union of Youth Inc
Tax id (EIN)
41-1812234
Categories
Education, Children & Family, Community, Emergencies
LGBTQ+ Serving
LGBTQ+ Serving
Address
NUY P.O. Box 481Northfield, MN 55057
Northfield Union of Youth (NUY) gives power and voice to Northfield youth by creating a caring and enriching community. NUY empowers youth by amplifying their voice, ideas, and thoughts. We support these ideas with resources and infrastructure. Currently, NUY runs three separate youth-led initiatives: 1) The Key youth center, 2) Mental Health Youth Board, and a 3) A Youth Homelessness prevention program
"The Key" is in it's 30th year, making us the nations longest running youth-run youth-center! The Key provides a safe and substance-free place for youth to connect with each other, caring adults, and the Northfield community. The Key continues to grow, offer new initiatives and focus on prevalent youth needs and youth-developed programming. The Key is open 2:30pm-9:30pm 365 days a year for all youth ages 12-20 years old. Programming at The Key is free of charge without any registration or sign up required. It's a place for at-risk youth to engage in art, music, social justice, games, and basic needs without any obstacles. Programming includes:
NUY's Mental Health youth board brings the unique insights of those informed and experiencing mental health issues to create, design, and implement new strategies and solutions to mental health challenges facing youth. This board meets every other week and has the support of a staff member. Youth created a community collaborative event that helped everyone have informed and safe conversations about mental health, and are discussing how to teach parents what is normal adolescent behavior versus what may indicate a need for help, and how to start those conversations. Youth without insurance have already been provided access to mental health care through this initiative!
NUY's Youth Homelessness Prevention initiative (The Wallflower project) is building a volunteer host family network in and around Northfield for youth to access when they are unable to find a safe place to stay at night. These youth-led efforts are supported by NUY's staff to help destigmatize homelessness and to provide safe and approachable options for youth facing such large barriers to success.
Our Organization:
NUY makes an amazing impact on so many Northfield youth. Just listen to what some local youth said about the Key:
It's an exciting time to become a supporter of NUY! We believe that every youth deserves the support and encouragement that we can provide as an organization. We also believe that the solutions to change lie in the heart and minds of youth. We need your support and help to continue this ground level work of empowering youth to own their future and to have the support to dream bigger.
Organization name
Northfield Union of Youth Inc
Tax id (EIN)
41-1812234
Categories
Education, Children & Family, Community, Emergencies
LGBTQ+ Serving
LGBTQ+ Serving
Address
NUY P.O. Box 481