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Agency Listing By Services
HYSN member agencies provide a broad range of services. Following is a breakdown of selected
services that our member agencies provide.
Homeless youth are individuals who are 21 years old or younger, do not live in a safe environment with a relative, and have no
other safe alternative living arrangement.
Street youth are runaway youth or youth that are indefinitely or intermittently homeless, spending a significant amount of time
on the street or in other areas that increase their risk of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, prostitution and/or drug abuse.
Service Areas:
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Counseling Services
Whether it be group, family and/or individual counseling:
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Community-based Day Treatment
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Drug Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention Services
Services to prevent or reduce illicit use of drugs by youth, including individual, family, group and peer counseling drop-in
services; information and training related to drug use; activities to improve availability of drug abuse prevention services:
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Educational Services
Computer access, tutoring, etc.:
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Home-based services
Services provided to youth and families to prevent "runaways," to prevent youth from being separated from families, and to
assist runaway youth to return to families, including services provided in residences of families, intensive individual and family counseling, and training
relating to life skills and parenting:
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Outreach to Special Populations
Outreach to gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender and questioning youth; kids exiting commercial sexual exploitation and
immigrant youth:
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Recreational Services
Field trips, etc.:
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Residential Treatment
Services provided to runaway and homeless youth (RHY) in areas where they congregate; designed to assist youth to make
healthy personal choices regarding life and behavior, may include identification and outreach of RHY, crisis intervention and counseling, info and referral
for housing,, transitional living and healthcare; advocacy, education, prevention services relating to alcohol, drugs, sexual exploitation, sexually transmitted
diseases and physical and sexual assault:
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Street-based Services
Services provided to runaway and homeless youth (RHY) in areas where they congregate; designed to assist youth to make
healthy personal choices regarding life and behavior, may include identification and outreach of RHY, crisis intervention and counseling, info and referral
for housing,, transitional living and healthcare; advocacy, education, prevention services relating to alcohol, drugs, sexual exploitation, sexually transmitted
diseases and physical and sexual assault:
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Transitional/Independent Living
Provides shelter and services designed to promote a transition to self-sufficient living and to prevent long-term dependency
on social services:
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Vocational Training
Utilizing youth input and youth participation in programming and all aspects of operations:
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