confirmation

Today I was notified that I will, indeed, be serving at the New York City Covenant House site. That was my preference out of the three possible locations, so I am really happy with that decision.Here is a little background info of how things work in New York. I will live in community with somewhere between 6 and 10 other volunteers. We will be living in Queens (northeast of Manhattan Island). As a group we will share all of the responsibilities that our home requires and will spend a half hour every day together in a time of prayer/reflection.I will travel into Manhattan each day (not every day, but generally 40 hours a week) to work at the Covenant House Crisis Center. This center (along with all other Covenant House locations) operates on an open door policy: this means that any kid who walks in for the first time will have a place to stay that night - no exceptions. Covenant House provides the kids with their most immediate needs (food, clothes, shower, bed) as well as a medical/psychological evaluation. The goal is that within 30 days they will have found a job and moved on to a more permanant living situation (which Covenant House will help assist them in finding). The kids must also make a commitment while staying at Covenant House. They commit to following the rules house rules, and they commit to job searching or working towards some educational goal.While at work I will have a few responsibilities. Some of these include evaluating kids on an individual basis (determining what types of support they need), documenting work done and services provided, conducting workshops on various life-skills issues and other support services. I will know more about what, exactly, I will be doing once I begin training on June 11th. Until then, this is all I really know.As a final disclaimer I must add that, although I keep referring to these people as kids, they are 18-21 year olds who are, in some ways, more mature than myself due to living on the street.