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The Ali Forney Center (AFC) is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) youth.

AFC Currently offers housing to 58 youths in seven residential sites, and also offers two drop-in centers, medical care, mental health treatment, HIV testing and treatment, and educational and vocational assistance programs. AFC’s mission is to provide homeless LGBT youth with the support and guidance they need to become healthy, independent adults.

Ali Forney was a gay youth who was murdered on the streets of NYC in 1997 at a time when there was no safe shelter for LGBT youths.

More info about the center at www.aliforneycenter.org

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