The Outreach program is the gateway into Wind Youth Services. Outreach Advocates work with the schools, other community-based organizations, and health programs to connect with at-risk and street youth. The Outreach Advocates connect with an average of 80 to 100 kids monthly who are living on the street. Approximately, about one quarter of the youth encountered on the street each month will come to the Center for additional services and assistance.
Sometimes it takes several contacts with a youth before they visit the Center. Most of the youth face serious trust and abandonment issues as well as multiple other stressors including alcohol, drugs, prostitution, mental illness and health issues.
