Jimmy Hayes
Former AHO Youth Outreach Advisor
Jimmy Hayes, at age 26
AHO's 1st Youth Outreach Advisor
Jimmy is still working with AHO to help other youth like himself fulfill their potential. Jimmy
was born in Brazil and was abandoned at birth and placed in an
orphanage where he was abused. At age 10 he was adopted by a family with
17 other children and brought to the US. After one year
in his adoptive family he was put into residential placement until age
18. Leaving placement, the only “home” he knew, Jimmy was
homeless for 4 years until he found AHO. With the ongoing support of an
AHO life coach and community navigator, Jimmy received housing support, a
cell phone, employment, legal aide, scholarships, therapy, wardrobe,
healthcare, dental care with the assistance of AHO Alliance for Youth
community partners. Today, Jimmy is a caring father of a 2½ year old
son, going to College of Marin taking 12 units and 30 hours a week.
Jimmy is developing his skills as a business entrepreneur with the guidance of an AHO business mentor for his t-shirt project “Better Days with Jimmy Hayes”. Cheryl Jennings, Channel 7 News Anchor featured Jimmy and his project on ABC TV in December 2008. |  Hendrix Hayes, at age 2½ |