Hope For Youth

HFY Happenings

13th of June 2021

Register Now!

Our annual 5K is on for Saturday, October 2nd. Support Hope For Youth and come out to run, walk or volunteer. 9:00AM start time, rain or shine. Heckscher State Park. Field One. Register Here. We hope to see you!


11th of June 2021

Snack Donation

Featured on the left is Michelle Gamache, of Oceanside Schools. Her students held a snack drive for HFY youth – collecting lots of snack bags of goldfish, chips, pretzels, etc. Thank you Michelle and class!! Our supporters are just awesome! Shown with Michelle are HFY…


8th of June 2021

“Pay It No Mind”

Marsha “Pay it No Mind” Johnson (1945-1992) was an African American trans woman who was a force behind the Stonewall Riots and surrounding activism that sparked a new phase of the LGBTQ+ movement in 1969. Along with Sylvia Rivera, she established the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries now…


5th of June 2021

A Success Story

A 17 year old Suffolk youth was referred to Hope for Youth’s Adjustment Service Program (ASP) after being arrested and charged with a crime. He struggled at times to meet his conditions of probation, and refrain from negative behavior that could affect his case. With the help…


3rd of June 2021

Pride Month

Pride Month is an annual commemoration held during the entire month of June to remember the June 1969 Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, New York, that served to launch the LGBTQ rights movement in America. Not only is it historically significant, it’s also…


1st of June 2021

Foster Parents Needed

We are in great need for foster parents for youth in care. HFY offers digital foster parent orientations the last Thursday of every month for those interested in learning more about the process of becoming a therapeutic foster parent. Individuals interested in additional information or in attending…


31st of May 2021

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is for honoring and mourning our military personnel who have died in the performance of their duties while serving. The holiday is observed annually on the last Monday of May. Hope For Youth wishes to thank and acknowledge all the men and women who…


24th of May 2021

HFY Launches Project 21

Hope For Youth announces the launch of Project 21 designed to increase foster bed capacity and ensure that every youth in care has a home to come back to after a long day. Under the Family First Prevention Service Act, states must decrease the number of youths…


20th of May 2021

Upcoming Foster Orientations

Conducted via ZOOM. Virtual orientations starting at 6:00 PM. Contact Tina Basile at 631-813-9572 or tbasile@hfyny.org for additional information and to register.

Thursday – May 27, 2021 6:00 – 8:00PM
Thursday – June 24, 2021 6:00 – 8:00PM


17th of May 2021

Sundial Brands Annual Day of Service

Hope For Youth is very fortunate to be the recipient, once again, of Sundial’s annual day of service. We were also lucky enough to be selected last year. This past Friday, Sundial staff delivered to our main office many, many boxes of product. We are so appreciative…