Youth Resource Center

Eligibility

To be eligible for this program and its resources, you must be a homeless individual or imminently at risk of homelessness from age 15 to 22

How to enroll

Please arrive during drop-in center hours between 8:30 AM and 7:30 PM. A specialist will assist you in completing the intake process and center orientation. For more information, contact 801-364-0744 ext. 707

Hours of operation

Daily intake hours are restricted to 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM. We provide services to enrolled clients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

LOCAtion

888 S 400 W
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

Volunteers of America, Utah's Youth Resource Center is a drop-in resource center and emergency shelter for all youth aged 15 to 22 experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness.

We provide essential basic need items, such as three hot meals a day, pantry food, showers, laundry, life-skills groups, housing and employment case management, dental and medical care assistance, as well as access to mental health services on-site. From 7:30 PM to 8:30 AM the YRC transitions into a 30-bed emergency shelter.

Services and programs at the YRC
Legal Clinic
Center Resources
Community Resources
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Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 Neighborhood Coordination Meeting Agenda‍

Are you a property owner looking to fill units?

Do you want to be part of the solution to end homelessness? You can help by bringing currently unsheltered individuals and families in as tenants at your properties. Potential support from VOA can include
+ Ongoing case management for your tenant(s)
+ Guaranteed rent
+ Pre-vetted clients for programs
Contact us today for more information:
housingrelations@voaut.org

Volunteer at the YRC

Prepare and serve breakfast, lunch, or dinner to our clients. Mentor a youth. Make a difference by signing up today.

Hope Ignited

After aging out of the foster care system at 18, Maygan Martinez had an unexpected accident and found herself homeless. With the help of VOA Utah's Youth Resource Center, Maygan found the support and space to ignite her vision. Today, Maygan is a cofounder of the nonprofit 1999 Collective which connects youth aging out of the foster care system with resources.

YRC's IMPACT IN APRIL 2024

Bed Nights

1,406

Clients Received Legal Services

117

Unduplicated Clients Served

Clients Case Managed

Youth Empowered Solutions to Succeed Program

Eligibility

Now accepting Salt Lake County youth ages 16-25 (until the 26th birthday) who are homeless or housing insecure, and/or who have a mental illness or substance use disorder. "Housing insecure" includes couch surfing, approaching aging out in JJS or DCFS, being 18 and unable to afford shelter, familial conflict resulting in fleeting from home, etc.

How to enroll

For a consultation or to enroll, contact yessreferrals@voaut.org or call (385) 799-5976 (ext. 171). Monday–Friday, 9am to 5pm.

The YESS program serves youth and young adults who are in transitional phases of life in an effort to increase self-reliance, support and resiliency

The Youth Empowered Solutions to Succeed Program (YESS) improves the emotional and behavioral health functioning of youth and young adults, ages 16 to 25, struggling with mental illness and housing instability through providing clinical services, care management and peer support to increase successful transitions to self-sufficiency in adulthood.

The YESS program is committed to helping improve the lives of youth and young adults in our community by supporting and empowering them to increase their functioning in health, community and daily living, employment, education and housing. All resources are evidence-based, person-centered, and culturally competent. Involvement in leadership decision-making roles in the community is encouraged with the YESS program and aims to amplify youth voices in all levels of decision making in our community.

Treatment and support offered through the program includes case management, mental health therapy and support, supported employment, supported education, peer support services, referral to other community supports and agencies.

Want to schedule an intake? Have questions about eligibility? Want to coordinate release from states custody? Have a youth or young adult that falls outside our eligibility but needs support? Schedule an eligibility consult today.