Our complete approach to addressing youth homelessness includes the following (please click the links below to learn more about our programs and services):
Drop-In Day Services
Meals, showers, laundry, respite from the streets, engagement activities, and legal counsel
Individualized Wraparound Supports
Setting and achieving goals and connecting to services and resources
Education
Alternative high school education, GED prep, and college connection
Job Training and Employment
Work readiness, skill development, and job placement
Social Purpose Enterprise
Mentored work experience at our Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop and screen-printing business New Avenues INK
Supportive Housing
On-site, community-based, and population-specific (LGBTQ youth, youth in foster care)
Counseling
Drug and alcohol recovery and mental-health supports
PDX-Connect
Support for youth transitioning from foster care into adulthood
Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC)
Culturally-specific support for LGBTQ youth and Bridge 13 community education, which helps create safer spaces for queer and trans* people of all ages
New Day
Culturally-specific mentorship and skill building for youth who have experienced sex trafficking or exploitation in the sex trades
Youth Opportunity Center – East Multnomah County
Outreach to and wraparound supports for youth experiencing housing instability and homelessness; programming for LGBTQ youth, youth in foster care, and youth involved in sex trafficking
Alba Collaborative
Mentorship and case management, family mediation support, crisis intervention and emergency housing for youth ages 9 – 17