Homeless kids find shelter from homelessness

Every year, Covenant House rescues thousands of homeless kids from a hopeless life on the streets.

Homeless Kids Find Shelter at Covenant House
 

For millions of homeless kids, basic needs like a hearty meal, warm bed, and safe shelter are true luxuries. Instead of knowing the joys of childhood, every day these kids face the life-or-death dangers of living on the streets.

Incorporated in 1972, Covenant House has been leading the effort to help homeless kids. And today, we are the largest privately-funded agency in the Americas that provides food, shelter, immediate crisis care, and an array of other important services to homeless, throwaway, and runaway kids. 

Covenant House doesn't stop at offering an immediate safe harbor to homeless youth, we strive to move each kid forward down the path to an independent adulthood, free from the risk of future homelessness.

Among the services Covenant House provides are:

  • Street outreach
  • Health/Medical care
  • GED High school diploma
  • Job readiness and vocational training
  • Drug abuse treatment and prevention
  • Legal aid
  • Mother/child services
  • Transitional housing
  • Life-skills training

Whatever the need, we are there to help.

Covenant House Locations and Services Help Thousands of Homeless Kids
 

Our facilities are located in Anchorage, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Managua, Mexico City, Milpas Altas, Newark, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, Orlando, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Tegucigalpa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, D.C.

Last year, Covenant House Street Outreach Teams and Residential and Community Service Center Programs cared for over 70,000 at-risk and homeless kids in 21 cities in the United States, Canada, and Central America.

And for needy kids all across the U.S. and in Mexico – kids who aren’t near one of our sites and need immediate help – Covenant House also operates two 24-hour crisis hotlines. Every year, NINELINE in the U.S. and Acercatel in Mexico promptly respond to over 60,000 crisis calls from frightened youth – and many of the caring adults in their lives.

More than just a homeless shelter
 

Covenant House is a leading advocate on behalf of street youth – for those who can’t speak up for themselves – at local, state, national, and international levels of government. We are a member of the Non-Government Organization (NGO) Board of Directors of UNICEF, and have taken on a prominent role in The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

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