FACT: Nearly 3,000 youth living in Missouri are homeless and living on the streets
OUR RESPONSE: SANCTUARY • • • •
Safety, Stability and Structure Short-Term (30 Days) and Long-Term (2 Years) Programs Innovative, Team-Approach Residential Care Model Youth Develop Goals and Build Trusting Relationships
79%
of youth in our Crisis Program were discharged to safe and stable housing
“COVENANT HOUSE WAS HERE WHEN I HAD NO PLACE TO GO. GOING TO THERAPY HELPED ME WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS; IT HELPED JUST TO TALK TO SOMEONE. MY CASE MANAGERS HELPED ME FIND A JOB AND BUDGET TO GET ME READY FOR MY NEXT STEP.”
FACT: In Missouri, 23% of children and youth live in poverty
residential services
Outreach Case Managers drove
461
MILES
in 2015
OUR RESPONSE: HOPE
• Community Case Managers Support Youth Living in Metropolitan St. Louis Region Who Participate in CHMO Programs • Street Outreach Gives Survival Items to Youth on the Streets • Safe Outreach Program Promotes Runaway Prevention to Local High School Youth
“MY FIRST DAY AT COVENANT HOUSE I JUST CRIED. IT FELT LIKE I COULDN’T DO ANYTHING RIGHT IN MY LIFE. I WORKED THERE FOR THE SUMMER, AND EVERYTHING CHANGED. THE STAFF HELPED ME TO LIVE POSITIVELY. I’M PROUD OF MYSELF.”
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