Drop-In Center Services
The Drop-In Center for Transition Age Youth (TAY) is dedicated to providing a safe space for young adults ages 16-25 years old, throughout South Los Angeles and the South Bay areas. Our mission is to eradicate youth homelessness by guiding youth towards their goals of safety, stability, success, and independence. We accomplish this by using a compassionate and wellness approach to inspire growth and hope.
On site services are offered seven days a week from 9:30am-5:30pm and include laundry, showers, computers with internet access, hot meals, hygiene kits, clothing and bus passes.
MTA: homeless youth outreach
We partner with entities such as 211, a local information and referral service, to direct youth to emergency shelters and services in Los Angeles County. Our partnership includes the MTA (Market, Train, Assist) Project which advertises in spaces where homeless youth gather.
After countless interviews with homeless youth from throughout Los Angeles County, the number one reason for staying on the streets for months at a time was a lack of knowledge of available homeless youth services.
As a result, Good Seed reached out and coordinated with homeless youth, youth service providers, and government agencies to develop an innovative and ground-up youth focused framework for homeless youth outreach.
WHO:
Homeless Transition-Age Youth ages 16 – 25 yrs old
WHERE:
This project focuses specifically on policy change, community and stakeholder engagement, and collaboration at “hotspot” locations.
WHAT:
Special project is the outreach and engagement of homeless youth at “hotspot” locations to inform and link to youth focused service providers
The Project began in early 2014, and is currently in progress
WHY:
After completing hundreds of intakes of homeless youth at Good Seed Shelter, we began to see trends in the homeless youth experiences. We found that upon further questioning, youth were homeless for longer periods if they did not know about youth providers and they often frequented the same locations.
Send us a message! If you are a youth in need of
immediate assistance.
