It was an honor to help lead GOVERNING 's discussion on youth homelessness last Thurs at Homelessness: Priorities, Challenges, and Ideas in Austin. Thank you GOVERNING, Amazon Web Services AWSNonProfits, and @Acompassionista for your leadership on this important issue!

Thank you Texas Tribune, Upbring, James Frank, Ina Minjarez, and Evan Smith for thoughtful foster care discussion! #ttevents #txlege

UT study shows TX Services to At-Risk Youth STAR program kept 97% of kids safe: news.utexas.edu/2017/04/12/chi… #txlege #ChildAbusePreventionMonth

Excited to open TNOYS office in #Houston. Conference June 27-30 on services for #homelessyouth #fostercare and more. tnoys.org/2017-annual-co…

Thanks The New York Times for highlighting college struggles after #fostercare. TX has great benefits but can do more. mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/opi…

May is #FosterCare Month. TNOYS is excited to kick it off working w/ providers to strengthen TX's fc system! Reach out to get involved.

Thank you Ina Minjarez for your leadership to help prepare #fostercare youth for employment and adulthood. #HB1608 headed to Senate. #txlege x.com/vote4ina/statu…

Excited to roll out new Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) Membership Council, for member orgs to guide our work to strengthen youth services: tnoys.org/new-membership…

Youth service orgs - are you prepared? Excited to kick off Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) conference today w/ Anna Geismar to train on PR in a crisis. #TNOYS2017

Thanks Laura Praesidium 4 spkng to youth service orgs on preventing abuse + false allegations, to kick off Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) conference. #TNOYS2017

At Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) conference? Don't forget to check out @KaleidaCareCEO exhibit booth and social services software demo later today! #tnoys2017

Thank you Julie Strentzsch with Roy Maas Youth Alternatives for leading yoga workshop at Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) conference this morning! #tnoys2017 #selfcare #namaste

Thank you Amerigroup for sponsoring today's keynote with @ManuelDiotte on staying motivated and leading a life of significance! #tnoys2017

Excited to host Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) Conference with TCCWB and Hogg Foundation for Mental Health this year. Many Voices One Song, When In Harmony We are Strong! #tnoys2017

"Leaders don't change people. They create environments where people change themselves." via Dan Rockwell #leadership x.com/justintarte/st…

Extra residential foster care capacity in TX or space that could be converted? Please let us know. tnoys.org/how-to-help-te… #HurricaneHarvey

It’s time to address the “invisible” problem of youth homelessness, by Deborah Fowler of Texas Appleseed and Christine Gendron of Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) in TribTalk: bit.ly/2CGacFE

As many communities do PIT counts of #homeless persons today, let's not forget about TX's homeless young people. tribtalk.org/2017/12/20/its…

As we wrap up National Human Trafficking Prevention month, let's not forget that to prevent trafficking of young people we must end youth homelessness. mystatesman.com/news/opinion/c…

Q6 We will all have to be involved in solving the complex problems of child neglect and trauma, poverty, economic inequality, housing and food insecurity....