Youth Service Bureau Of St Joseph County Inc

Safe station is a temporary emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth ages 12-17. Safe station had 76 intakes and provided 82 youth with safe shelter for a total of 742 bed days. An additional 16 youth received brief services - were in the shelter for less than 6 hours but had mediation with the therapist and obtained shelter with a relative or were referred for other services. There were 773 crisis calls taken and we served 1,454 youth meals. 1,239 volunteer hours were donated to this program, the value of which is not reported in this return.

Porch light maternity group home program provides apartment-based transitional housing to mothers ages 18-21 who are pregnant or parenting up to two children. Youth are provided case management, therapy, and life skills training needed to obtain self-sufficiency. Twenty-one clients participated in this program (9 moms and 12 children) during this fiscal year and eight of nine were employed or in school after entering the program and 100% were exited to safe and stable housing.

Young moms sufficiency program provides opportunities for young mothers to overcome the many and complex barriers to self-sufficiency and decrease the possibility of abuse and neglect. It assists women aged 16-24 to identify realistic academic and employment goals, improve the health and nutrition of family members, increase a personal sense of competence and self-esteem, and foster a healthy relationship between fathers and children. 130 families/mothers were served caring for 229 children, of whom 84% were educated on the cycle of violence, healthy relationships, age-appropriate discipline, and child development stages. 78% received education on financial literacy. 100% of families that were prenatal moms were educated on safe sleep and 100% of moms with children 0-3 were educated on safe sleep and stages of development delays. 98% of families did not fall into the child welfare system during their time in the program. Transitional living program provides apartment-based transitional housing to non-parenting males and females ages 18-21 who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. Youth are provided case management, therapy, and life skills training needed to obtain self-sufficiency. Sixteen individuals were assisted in this program during an 18 month span. Of the nine clients who exited the program, six exited the program to safe and stable housing. Two exited without notice or information to staff, and one client was actively in a manic/psychotic state while in the program and ended up being admitted to a local mental health facility. 94% of clients were either in school or working. Homeless prevention program is designed to help individuals and families quickly exit homelessness and return to permanent housing. Case management and support services may be provided along with utility and moving expenses. Twelve (12) clients and families were assisted using esg funding, which includes rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention. Street outreach is an outreach program for youth aged 21 and under. Street outreach workers provided street-based community outreach in local neighborhoods, community parks, and community centers to provide health/hygiene products, information, on-street assessments, referrals for services, shelter, and housing, as well as crisis intervention. During the last fiscal year, the street outreach program provided 16 clients with case management services and 1,150 visits to ysbs drop-in center were made by youth aged 21 and under. Street outreach provided 74 community referrals and 11,916 outreach contacts were made. Safe place is affiliated with the national safe place program. There are over 160 teen-friendly locations youth can go to for help. Clients can text "safe- and their current location to 4help (44357) to locate the nearest safe place location to them. A new safe place site this fiscal year is the generations adventure plex. Safe place staff reached a total of 13,491 youth this fiscal year.