Youth Emergency Services

The YES Emergency Shelter is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with youth workers, counselors, and advocates. Youth and young adults seeking housing are screened to ensure appropriate placement and safety of the residents. Our emergency shelter is a family-style residence with separate sleeping areas for male and female guests. Guests share meals, television and computer access, as well as recreation and laundry facilities in a community area. While they stay, our trained staff spends individual, focused time with guests to help them work through the problems they face. Our emergency shelter is available to youth ages 16 to 21 for up to 90 days.

YES offers a Transitional Living Program (TLP) which provides long-term services to runaway and homeless youth, ages 16 to 21. TLP residents live in apartment-style homes for a maximum of 18 months and work closely with case managers to set and accomplish several goals. The TLP program is designed to provide an environment in which youth will be able to develop the ability to function independently in the community.

The Maternity Group Home program provides services to runaway and homeless youth, ages 16 to 21 who are pregnant or parenting and may not be able to access services otherwise. Participants live in a family-style residence for up to 18 months and work closely with case managers to move toward self-sufficiency.