Social Advocates for Youth, the largest local provider of services for youth in crisis — including former foster youth and those who are homeless — is making a last-ditch fundraising appeal to remain open. The 52-year-old Santa Rosa-based nonprofit, commonly known as SAY, needs to raise $1 million within the next 10 days and ultimately $3 million to buy itself time to prepare the Dream Center campus for sale, which would allow it to restructure and continue operations. According to an announcement issued Friday, SAY’s closure would mean that 67 youth would immediately lose housing, up to 400 youth will lose mental and behavioral health services, and the organization’s 24-hour youth crisis hotline would close.
Social Advocates for Youth Looking for Donations to Stay Open
