Homeless and Runaway Youth
Covenant House was founded 40 years ago, taking in homeless youth, offering them a hearty meal, a bed to sleep on and shelter over their head. Moreover, this house strives to move each kid forward down the path to an independent adulthood by offering services such as street outreach, health and medical care, GED high school program and other.
NCSL stands for National Conference of State Legislature, a website that includes general information, recent studies and solutions on various social related issues such as homeless and runaway youth, drug abuse and others.
This page provides information and resources for homeless children and youths and their right to enroll, attend, participate fully, and succeed in school.
This flowchart helps parents and children determine whether they are eligible for school enrollment under the McKinney-Vento Act. It provides information for families who have been turned down by public schools.
The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.
Youth can call 1-800-RUNAWAY for assistance. The National Runaway Switchboard also offers resources for parents and educators, including a comprehensive curriculum to help runaway and at-risk youth make healthy and safe choices.
This list includes regional and nationwide support organizations for youth that age out of foster care.
Room in the Inn’s mission is to provide programs that emphasize human development and recovery through education, self-help and work, centered in community and long-term support for those who call the streets of Nashville home.
RHYTTAC’s resource library with various information sheets, tips, guides and more for educators, families, and runaway and homeless youth. All resources cover topics spanning from positive youth Development, best practices in LGBTQ homeless youth, and more.
Sesame Street in Communities is an online community for sharing Sesame Street’s free educational resources with the adults in children’s lives.
StandUp For Kids is a nationally recognized non-profit charity that works directly with thousands of homeless youth across the country. They remain a nearly all-volunteer organization that prioritizes the needs of the youth we serve. Simply put, they are there to empower homeless and at-risk youth toward lifelong personal growth, and to create in these youth a sincere belief in themselves through open, straightforward counseling, mentoring, and life-skills training.
The Ali Forney Center is a website illustrating all available shelters, their contact information and the program they offer across various states.