Resources for Youth Experiencing Housing Insecurity

Resources for Youth Experiencing Housing Insecurity

Breaktime – Through transitional employment and financial empowerment, Breaktime works to break down barriers to job security, financial security, and ultimately housing security.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters – If you are ages 14-24, BOTW provides breakfast and lunch, showers, GED classes, job counseling and training, medical and dental checkups, transitional housing, and someone to talk to. If you are a runaway, please call 1-800-RUNAWAY.

Homeless Youth Handbook – The Homeless Youth Handbook, a project of MA Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, is an online know-your-rights resource for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and housing instability in Massachusetts. The Handbook provides local and specific information and is designed to empower young people to understand their legal rights and take action to overcome the many barriers they may face.

More Than Words – Provides empowering leadership and supportive employment opportunities for youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless, or out of school, to prepare them for self-sufficiency as they transition to adulthood.

Sydney Borum Jr. Health Center – A program of Fenway Health that provides safe, non-judgmental care for young people ages 12-29 who may not feel comfortable going anywhere else. No one is turned away – they’ll do whatever it takes to help.

Youth on Fire – Located in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Youth on Fire is a drop-in center for housing insecure and street-involved youth ages 14-24.

Youth Options Unlimited – Boston’s youth re-entry program providing a broad range of services to court-involved youth ages 14-24

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