Youth In Need
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HistoryCommunity volunteers opened Youth In Need’s Emergency Shelter in 1974 when the area’s homeless and runaway youth were being housed in the St. Charles County jail. Forty-four years later, Youth In Need still provides its flagship program. Since then, the agency has grown to provide a variety of prevention and intervention services to more than 9,000 children, youth and families each year.
Youth In Need employs more than 400 full- and part-time staff at nearly 100 locations that span the agency’s 100-mile service area, including St. Louis City and St. Louis, St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren and Montgomery Counties in Missouri. The MissionBelieving in the power of potential, Youth In Need’s mission is to build on the strengths of children, youth and families so they find safety, hope and success in life. Providing a continuum of care for children from pre-birth to 21 and their families, Youth In Need’s services are varied. • Infant, child and family development • Head Start and Early Head Start • Emergency youth shelter and transitional youth housing • Homeless street outreach and Safe Place • Youth and family counseling • School-based counseling • Foster care case management • Positive youth development |
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How You Can Help
If you are a youth or family in crisis, access immediate help by calling:
• 636-642-0642 in St. Charles County (St. Charles County Youth Connection Helpline
• 314-628-2929 or 1-877-928-2929 in St. Louis County (St. Louis County Youth Connection Helpline)
• 636-946-3771 in St. Louis City (Youth In Need’s 24-Hour Help Line)
To learn more about volunteering at Youth In Need, holding a donation drive for programs, or making a monetary gift to support the agency’s mission, visit www.youthinneed.org.
• 636-642-0642 in St. Charles County (St. Charles County Youth Connection Helpline
• 314-628-2929 or 1-877-928-2929 in St. Louis County (St. Louis County Youth Connection Helpline)
• 636-946-3771 in St. Louis City (Youth In Need’s 24-Hour Help Line)
To learn more about volunteering at Youth In Need, holding a donation drive for programs, or making a monetary gift to support the agency’s mission, visit www.youthinneed.org.