The Issue

Young people are being left out in the cold.

Each year there is an estimated 22,410 runaway and homeless youth in Minnesota, an estimate based on the 2003 Homeless Survey conducted by Wilder Research as a snapshot of the state’s homeless population.

We are not meeting the needs of youth. Youth are being turned away from shelter every night. In the month of December 2007, 156 young people were reported as being turned away from shelter beds in the Metro area alone!

• • Agencies That Endorse This Act

    • A Minnesota Without Poverty
    • Anoka County Affordable Housing Coalition
    • Avenues for Homeless Youth
    • Catholic Charities- Office of Social Justice
    • Corporation for Supportive housing
    • District 202
    • East Metro Women’s Council
    • Evergreen House
    • Family and Children's Services
    • Freeport West
    • Hennepin County
    • Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
    • Kulture Klub
    • Lutheran Social Service
    • Metro-Wide Engagement on Shelter and Housing
    • Minneapolis Children's Advocacy Network
    • Minneapolis Family and Children's Services
    • Minneapolis Public Schools
    • Minneapolis Urban League
    • Minneapolis/Hennepin County Commission to End Homelessness
    • Minnesota Children's Platform
    • Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
    • Minnesota Public Research Interest Group
    • MN Coalition for the Homeless
    • MN Youth Intervention Programs Association
    • MN Youth Services Association
    • MSSA
    • Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
    • Ramsey County
    • Rise, Inc.
    • Shelter Provider’s Action Association
    • StreetWorks Collaborative
    • The Bridge for Runaway Youth
    • The Children's Defense Fund Minnesota
    • The Link
    • TRUTH, Together Reaching Unity with the Homeless
    • Youthlink