Street Outreach 

Street Outreach provides outreach services designed to build relationships between outreach workers and street homeless youth and make connections to stable housing. 

Friendship Place (202) 631-5008

Drop-In Centers

Drop-In Centers are facilities that offer youth-specific day services to youths facing housing crises. The drop-in center utilizes a Housing First method to move youth into housing by connecting them with supportive services and resources.

Sasha Bruce Youthwork
741 8th Street SE – (202) 675-9340 x214,215*

Latin American Youth Center (LAYC)
3045 15 Street NW – (202) 713-0475*

Zoe’s Doors
900 Rhode Island Ave NE – (202) 248-2098*

(*) Resources at these providers vary but may include food, clothing, laundry services, showers, case management, and referrals to other services.

Emergency Shelters

Emergency Shelters are short-term housing that expand the availability of youth-friendly shelters and services to youth facing housing instability ranging from one night to up to three months to enable them to grow and move toward independence.

Sasha Bruce Youthwork – Bruce House (ages 17 & under)
– For entry call – (202) 546-4900

Covenant House Greater Washington – The Sanctuary (18-24 yrs)
– 511 Mellon Street SE – (202) 560-5965

Covenant House Greater Washington – The SHINE (LGBTQ 18-24 yrs)
– For entry call – (202) 506-2432

Covenant House Greater Washington – Safe Haven (ages 18-24 yrs)
– For entry call – (202) 560-5874

Healthy Babies – Muriel’s House (pregnant/parenting teens 16-21) 
– For entry call (202) 396-2809

Sasha Bruce Youthwork– Phillip Reid’s Home (18-24 yrs)
– For entry call – (202) 948-2869

If you are 18-to-24 years old (transition-age youth, “TAY”) and experiencing homelessness, call the Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Hotline at (202) 547-7777 or visit www.coordinatedentry.com under ‘Help?’ for a list of outreach providers and drop-in center locations.  

For more information about Youth Homeless Services, please call: 888-365-4543