Wind Youth Services
Programs
Through our programs and services, Wind Youth Services provides homeless and at-risk youth between the ages of 12 and 24 with basic safety net and survival services and a safe place to stay.
The Wind Youth Center is a safe, non-judgmental space for homeless and runaway youth away from the dangers of the street. Through the Wind Youth Center, youth experiencing homelessness are offered a welcoming and age-appropriate environment away from the dangers of the street. Youth have access to our health clinic, which provides basic services and STD and HIV testing and education. In order to address the underlying causes of each youth’s situation, a full-time counselor is on staff at the Wind Youth Center, and available to any youth.
Through the Wind Youth Center, we provide:
- Access to shelter
- Warm meals
- Peer support
- California IDs & birth certificates
- Laundry services
- Employment assistance
- Educational assistance
- Case management services
- Creative workshops
- Therapeutic groups
- Showers
- Crisis intervention
- Drop-in counseling
- Mental health respite
Additionally, groups such as anger management, homelessness, employment, trauma, grief and loss, stress management, and self- esteem are also offered at the Wind Youth Center weekly.
To speak with Wind Youth Center staff, or to get more information about our Wind Youth Center services, please call: 916-561-4900
Partial funding for this program has been made possible through the Sacramento County Division of Behavioral Health Services, Mental Health Services Act.
Wind Youth Services has the only homeless street outreach program in Sacramento. This program is designed to reach homeless youth where they are, build trusting relationships, and encourages them to access other resources and Wind’s comprehensive case management program, with an overarching goal of moving them from homelessness to a stable living situation.
Street Outreach Workers emphasize personal safety and crisis intervention. Though our Street Outreach Program, we offer homeless youth:
- Shelter
- Sack lunches
- Transportation
- Personal hygiene packs
- First aid supples
- Referrals & connections to other resources
- HIV and STD testing and counseling
To connect with a Street Outreach worker, please call 916-561-4900
Wind Youth Services provides two temporary, low barrier, emergency overnight shelters for youth ages 12-18 and 18-24. Our emergency shelter is the only of its kind in the greater Sacramento area, and provides a safe, non-judgmental, supportive, community environment.
- Hot Meals
- 365 days a year
- Counseling
- Case management
- Life skills development
- LGBTQ+ affirming
- Personal safety
- Pet friendly
- Physical and mental health
- Vital documents
- Stable housing
- Crisis management
- School enrollment and support
- Organized group activities
- Safe & non-Judgmental
Adolescent Shelter – for youth ages 12-17 (18 and IN high school ok): Intakes and Emergency Shelter Line: 1-800-339-7177
Transition Age Youth (TAY) Shelter (for young adults 18-24): For intake information please call the Wind Drop-in Center and ask about the TAY Shelter: 916-561-4900
Transitional Housing Program: A two-year transitional living program for 18-24 year-olds focused on living in community and developing independent living skills. Youth live together and work with a case manager to gain and maintain employment, further their education or meet other self-determined goals.
The Doorway: A two-year rapid re-housing program for 18-24 year-olds, where youth pay a portion of their income to rent. Youth live independently in their own apartments and have intensive support from a case manager.
Step-Up Sacramento: A permanent supportive housing program in partnership with Next Move, where chronically homeless youth are given the most intensive supportive services.
There is often a waiting list for these programs, but if you would like more information on our housing programs, please contact us at info@windyouth.org.
About Us
We are the only unabashedly pro-youth agency in Sacramento that is striving to affect change daily within our agency and our community. Wind is the only service provider in Sacramento County focusing solely on runaway, homeless and street youth, and transition-age youth.
Our Mission
Wind Youth Services provides supportive services and opportunities to youth experiencing homelessness as they pursue self-determined lives of stability and independence.
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