Donate to End Poverty!

Your donation will make a real difference.  We cannot help young people create their own future without your support.

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Consider making a monthly donation:

  • For the cost of one lunch in a month (only $7.00/month) you can make an annual gift of $84.
  • For the cost of a cup of coffee and a bagel each week (only 12.00/month) you can make an annual gift of $144.
  • For the cost of a pack of candy each day (only $1/ day or $30/month) you can make a total annual gift of $360.

Your donation will have a tangible and positive impact in the lives of the children.

  • $50 enables a young person to participate in RAP’s Youth LEAP intensive peer advocacy training for a month.
  • $100 prepares 8 law students to provide critical legal rights information and advocacy assistance to vulnerable youth
  • $250 enables a cohort of peer advocates to empower youth throughout the city through self-advocacy and empowerment workshops.
  • $500 sponsors the production of RAP’s Youth Advocacy Fact Sheets for 6 months, providing low-income teen parents, homeless youth, and youth leaving foster care with critical legal rights information.
  • $1000 sponsors a youth advocacy desk at a youth-accessible community-based site, connecting hundreds of low-income youth to front-line advocacy support and empowering legal rights information.

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Help protect vital child and youth services

This budget season, fiscal proposals will have a very real and lasting impact on New York’s poorest children and youth. Help us protect access to vital supports and services by making a donation today!