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At the Crossroads (ATC)

A Good Idea

Description

At the Crossroads work to reach underserved homeless youth and young adults, through a combination of counseling-based nighttime street outreach, one-on-one counseling meetings, and collaboration with other social service agencies and city government.

The program's counselors walk the city's toughest streets to distribute food, healthcare products and clothes, slowly developing healthy, trusting relationships. The program also conducts one-on-one counseling meetings at a safe place of the young person's choosing, in an effort to tackle their immediate issues, identify both short and long-term goals, and develop concrete plans to achieve them. Furthermore, these meetings, together with referral of clients to a partner agency that fits their needs (out of 60 agencies in their network, including health centers and employment, drug rehabilitation, and housing programs), help clients figure out how to make healthy decisions for themselves, empowering them to lead the lives that they want.

Goal / Mission

The mission of At The Crossroads is to reach out to homeless youth and young adults at their point of need, and provide them with services and programs that will empower them and improve their lives.

Results / Accomplishments

ATC has reached 5,200 young people, and has worked one-on-one with 975 youth in intensive counseling relationships.

98% of ATC's clients live in poverty, 77% are unemployed, 12% are immigrants, and 5% are monolingual Spanish speakers.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
At the Crossroads
Primary Contact
Rob Gitin
33 Valencia Street, Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 487-0691
mail@atthecrossroads.org
http://www.atthecrossroads.org/contact/
Topics
Health / Adolescent Health
Economy / Housing & Homes
Economy / Poverty
Organization(s)
At the Crossroads
Date of publication
2009
Date of implementation
1997
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
San Francisco, CA
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Target Audience
Teens, Adults
Michigan Health Improvement Alliance