Gateway Youth Housing Services
YOUTH HOUSING CRISIS HOTLINE
Gateway Youth Housing Services
About
Purpose
Providing housing and supportive services to homeless youth and young adults ages 12 through 24, including youth-headed households.
Who Qualifies for Service
Youth and young adults ages 12 through 24 who do not have access to safe and stable housing. This includes, but is not limited to situations similar to the following:
- A minor youth under age 18 who is thinking about leaving home due to family or other conflict
- A youth or young adult who is unable to access basic needs- food, water, safe shelter, health/hygiene/sanitation supplies
- A youth or young adult who left home or is thinking of leaving home to flee family conflict, abuse, neglect, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking or other unsafe living environments (this can include physical, emotional, sexual, and/or financial abuse)
- Youth was kicked out of their home or asked to leave
- Youth is staying overnight in spaces not meant for living like outdoors, in cars, in or on the property of abandoned buildings, in a garage, at a park, staying in bus or train station or other 24-hour public buildings, staying in substandard housing that is unsafe
- Youth has been staying in temporary shelter, a hotel, or transitional housing provided by an agency
- Youth is being released from an institution (hospital, jail/detention) without a place to go
- Youth is preparing to age out of foster care and does not have a stable housing plan
- Youth is losing their housing within 14 days and does not have the resources or support network to obtain another housing option
- Youth is staying in a hotel paid for by themselves, a family member, or a friend, but they cannot stay longer than 14 days due to financial strain
- Youth is doubled-up or living with another family or friend in a ‘host-home’ environment, meaning youth is crashing there but unable to contribute to shared living expenses to remain long-term
- Youth has been ‘couch-surfing’ from place to place moving two or more times in the past 60 days
Geographic Service Area
Gateway Youth Housing Services are prioritized for youth and young adults whose last mailing address was in Ingham, Eaton, or Clinton Counties, however, youth relocating to these areas may be considered. Gateway’s shelter and housing units are located in Ingham County. Gateway staff will help youth wishing to return to their original community by connecting them to housing and services in that county.
