Pictured: Nadia Swanson and Carl Siciliano are heading the Ali Forney Center's new technical assistance program to help other providers serve homeless LGBTQ+ youth.Over the past 18 years, the Ali Forney Center has provided shelter and other services to thousands of homeless LGBTQ+ youth in New York City — but now it’s making its influence felt far beyond the five boroughs.The center’s technical assistance program, set up thanks to a grant it received last year, is helping organizations around the country and even overseas better serve these vulnerable young people.
Carl Siciliano, who founded the center in 2002 and was its executive director until last March, is directing the program, with Nadia Swanson, a Hunter College social work.