YOUTH CONTINUUM INC
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Mission Statement
Youth Continuum prevents and addresses youth homelessness.
About This Cause
Youth Continuum is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization in operation for over 50 years. Serving young people ages 14-24, we are accredited by the Council on Accreditation (the field's internationally recognized best-practice, accrediting organization) Youth Continuum provides critical services for over 500 high risk youth annually, including mental health and substance abuse services, case management, life and financial literacy skills, as well as vocational/education supports. Our prevention and diversion work, crisis intervention services, emergency youth/young adult shelters and array of housing programs offers the most comprehensive services for homeless youth in Connecticut. Most of our young people are those who have fallen through the cracks in our systems or are evidence of systems failures, where conventional efforts did not adequately address the full range of needs. With highly specialized staff, we work dominantly with the most vulnerable young people in our society - pregnant and parenting, LGBTQ+, youth of color, and youth who have been involved with the foster care and/or juvenile justice systems. Funded primarily through federal and state grants, we rely on private donors to augment these grants, which most often do not cover the agency's full costs or address the full range of needs of our youth. As a community working together, we can prevent these vulnerable youth from becoming the next generation of chronically homeless adults, help repair the devastating consequences of homelessness, and help develope the next generation of community leaders.