For community organizers

As a youth-serving organization, Host Homes is an ideal program option to add to your existing services.

This youth-focused, shelter-diversion program will help with the following:

• Lessen the stress on already full shelters

• Keeping low acuity youth out of the shelter system and away from the experiences that come with that

• Enables youth autonomy with their living choices

• Enables the caseworker assisting youth in Host Homes to personalize services for young people

• Reduces strains on youth like having to pay for and worry about attaining basic needs so they can focus on education, employment, training, and health needs

• Enables you to build a network of Host volunteers to strengthen between your organization and the community

• The program is very cost effective as already existing infrastructure is being used

Discover above essential information to set up your work of building a Host Homes Program within your organization. The page is structured to highlights keys elements of your work with the youth, with the host, as well as within your own structure.