Description

The purpose of the Street Outreach Program (SOP) is to provide prevention and intervention services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of trafficking in persons. The goal of the SOP is to increase young people’s personal safety, social and emotional well-being, self-sufficiency, and to help them build permanent connections with families, communities, schools, and other positive social networks. These services, which are provided in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist such youth in making healthy choices and to provide them access to shelter and services which include:
*Street-based education and outreach
*Access to emergency shelter
*Survival aid
*Individual assessments
*Trauma-informed treatment and counseling
*Prevention and education activities
*Information and referrals
*Crisis intervention
*Follow-up support