Street Outreach allows Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth employees and volunteers to interact with the homeless youth population and provide them with basic needs items necessary for survival. These items include toiletries, backpacks, blankets, weather appropriate clothing, food vouchers and snacks, water, calling cards, and information and referral cards.

The overall objective of the Street Outreach program is to provide education, prevention services, and supplies to runaway, homeless, throwaway, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of, sexual exploitation or abuse.

The goal of the program is to establish and build trusting relationships between street youth and the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth Street Outreach Team through consistent contact over a two- to three-month period. Once this has occurred, youth are more open to accessing our drop-in center and speaking with Case Managers about longer-term services, such as education and employment assistance as well as transitional housing services.

The scope of the Street Outreach program is to provide supportive services and supplies that will assist homeless youth in moving and adjusting to a safe and appropriate alternative living arrangement. Last year our Street Outreach workers provided information and/or basic needs items to 2,382 youth on the streets of Southern Nevada.

Please see the Volunteer Opportunities tab for current street outreach events.