Bridge Over Troubled Waters www.bridgeotw.org

Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ mission is to enable high-risk, runaway and homeless youth to achieve a healthy and productive adulthood through prevention, intervention, and education services. Serving 2,433 youth ages 14 – 24 each year, Bridge offers a comprehensive range of health, educational, career and housing services. Bridge is the only agency in the Boston area to provide a continuum of age-appropriate services.

Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service www.bbcs.org

The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service strives to empower its clients to achieve greater economic self-sufficiency and more rewarding participation in the community through programs that nurture and strengthen families, protect children, and enable individuals with disabilities to achieve their full potential. Through these services and advocacy, the Brooklyn Bureau works to build stronger and healthier individuals, families, and communities.

Convenant House - California www.covdove.org

For more than 20 years, Covenant House California has been an open door to thousands of homeless kids... providing them with a safe environment, education, employment and, most importantly, a chance to become independent, self-sufficient adults. They operate as a multi-service agency, with locations in the heart of Hollywood and Oakland. Since 1988 they have helped more than 100,000 homeless youth.

Covenant House www.covenanthouse.org

There are estimated to be nearly a million homeless kids in cities, towns, and communities across America, and every year over 5,000 of these young people lose their lives to the streets. Their hope and promise is lost forever unless they find someone – like Covenant House – to love and care for them.

Covenant House doesn’t forget about all the kids who are no longer here because no one cared – we hold their memory in our hearts while moving forward in our efforts to help all the scared and lonely kids who are still out there, waiting.

Homeless kids have rights. They have the right to a home… the right to food… the right to guidance and an education… the right to be free from sexual, emotional, or physical abuse… and to be free from exploitation. These kids have the right to be safe and – most importantly – to be loved.

Covenant House - Texas www.covenanthousetx.org

About Covenant House Texas (Houston)

House Texas has been serving homeless and runaway youth in the Houston area for over 26 years. Each and every night we provide food, clothing, medical attention and a safe place to sleep for 80 – 100 young people, including teen moms and their children. But more than that, our services include transitional living for up to 18 months, education, job development/training,counseling, pastoral care and life skills. Our front door is the first stop on the road to a new life.

FREE.I.P www.virginmobilefreeip.com

Green Chimneys www.greenchimneys.org

Green Chimneys restores possibilities and creates futures for children with emotional, social, behavioral, and learning challenges, including runaway and homeless youth, with specific programming for LGBTQ youth. Green Chimneys strives to make a young person's journey to adulthood a little more secure and successful through safe shelter and through the love and support that every young person needs.

Haven House www.havenhousenc.org

Growing up can be hard. Growing up with the odds stacked against you can be overwhelming. Haven House Services is a non-profit agency serving Wake County that helps struggling young people and their families develop positive and successful relationships at home, at school, and in the community.

We work with families, schools, the courts and governmental agencies to help vulnerable kids find their way to a positive, productive life.

Haven House Services strengthens the community through programs that produce positive practices for youth and their families.

Haven House Services. A place for help, a reason to hope.

HomeBase Youth Services www.hbys.org

HomeBase Youth Services is an Arizona-based, non-profit organization founded in 1991 to address the growing needs of at-risk and homeless youth age 21 and younger. The programs and services we offer include Street Outreach, Mobile Medical Outreach, Employment and Life Skills Training, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care, a Resource Center, a Transitional Living Program, and an Independent Living Program.

HomeBase Youth Services provides real life solutions to the physical, mental and emotional abuse and neglect these youth have suffered for far too long.

Larkin Street www.larkinstreetyouth.org

Larkin Street Youth Services helps San Francisco's most vulnerable youth ages 12-24 move beyond street life. The mission of Larkin Street Youth Services is to create a continuum of services that inspire youth to move beyond the street.

My Friend's Place www.myfriendsplace.org

The mission of My Friend’s Place is to assist and inspire homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. My Friend's Place is a nonprofit Resource Center offering a comprehensive continuum of care that includes free emergency resources such as food and clothing in combination with health, educational, and therapeutic services to over 1,800 homeless youth and their children each year. My Friend's Place has grown to become the largest and most frequently visited drop-in center for homeless youth in Southern California and is the only organization serving homeless youth ages 12 to 24 and their children open seven days per week in Hollywood.

National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth www.naehcy.org

The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth (NAEHCY)works to identify and support homeless youth within the school system. NAEHCY connects educators, parents, advocates, researchers, and service providers to ensure school enrollment and attendance, and overall success for children and youth whose lives have been disrupted by the lack of safe, permanent, and adequate housing.

Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth www.nphy.org

Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth’s is the only youth service provider in Nevada with a continuum of care extending from street outreach and 24-hour crisis intervention services to a full-time drop-in center and an independent living program.

Outside In www.outsidein.org

Outside In is a social service agency dedicated to serving low-income adults and homeless youth. It began in 1968, and has continually revised services to meet changing client needs. Current programs include a community health clinic, a homeless youth program designed to help homeless youth obtain independent living, and risk education.

Promise House www.promisehouse.org

The vision of Promise House is that every teenager has a safe and nurturing place to call home. Promise House embraces homeless, runaway and at-risk teens, giving them individualized support, skills, encouragement and hope to live a better life.

Sasha Bruce Youthwork www.sashabruce.org

A young person who needs a place to stay – for any reason – can find a home at the Sasha Bruce House. The staff at Bruce House also provides counseling and classes that can lead young people in need back to a more stable and supportive family situation, or on a path to true independence and self-sufficiency. DC’s only short-term shelter for young people, the Bruce House is open 24 hours a day, serving roughly 200 youth, ages 11-17, each year.

Stand Up For Kids www.standupforkids.org

The mission of Stand Up for Kids is to help homeless youth, street kids and at risk youth ages 21 and younger. This mission shall be carried out by a national volunteer force whose on-the-streets efforts will find, stabilize and assist homeless street kids in their efforts to improve their lives. There are 3.1 million homeless and street kids in America. 13 kids die on the streets each day....make a difference for tomorrow!

StandUp For Kids is pround to be the longest standing partner of The RE*Generation.

The Night Ministry www.thenightministry.org

The Night Ministry connects homeless and precariously housed youth and adults to basic resources and opportunities for support, housing, employment, education, and more - regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or social status. TNM provides help at the moment of need – on the street, at our Youth Outreach Van or Health Outreach Bus, or in our three youth housing programs. TNM recognizes the uniqueness, dignity, and value of each person and seeks to assist each person develop his or her own strengths.

Urban Peak www.urbanpeak.org

Urban Peak helps homeless and at risk youth by providing services to overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and supportive community to empower them to become self-sufficient adults.

Youth In Need www.youthinneed.org

Believing in the power of potential, Youth In Need's mission is to provide nurturing environments and educational opportunities so children, youth and families will find safety and hope, achieve their goals and build a positive future. Youth In Need is a nonprofit child and family services agency, headquartered serving the St. Louis metropolitan area and eastern Missouri. Through a variety of crisis prevention and intervention programs, Youth In Need is dedicated to building positive futures for the community's most vulnerable children, teens and families.

YouthCare www.youthcare.org

The mission of YouthCare is to build confidence and promote self sufficiency for homeless and underserved youth by providing shelter, hope and support.

On any given night in Seattle, 700 to 1,000 young people will have no safe place to sleep. YouthCare is making a difference in the lives of homeless youth by providing services such as emergency shelter, case management, on-site drug/alcohol counseling, education and job training opportunities, and supportive housing. Last year, we served 3,300 youth with the goal of getting them off the streets and preparing for life.
Your donation of socks and underwear helps YouthCare meet the basic needs of these youth. In 2009, we handed out almost 10,000 pairs of socks through our Outreach services, shelters and transitional living programs. This year, we’re seeing a 50% increase in the number of meals served at the James W. Ray Orion Center, as well as an increase in those seeking out our other services.

Visit the YouthCare Web site at www.YouthCare.org to find out how you can make a difference!