Grant allows teen shelter to reopen County comes through, but $150,000 still needed
 Pioneer Press
January 29, 2004

FACT:
Youth on the street face many challenges:

  • violence

  • prostitution

  • criminal activities

  • early parenting

  • disrupted education

  • lack of shelter

  • chemical abuse

Help them find safety and direction for their lives!

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
2485 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
651.642.5990
1.800.582.5260
651/969-2345
Fax 651.969.2360

Our mission is to express the love of Christ for all people through acts of service.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota expresses the love of Christ for all people through acts of service.

LSS serves all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability or age
LSS Home Youth/Families Seniors Disabilities

       

LSS Safe House

 Can you imagine being a homeless teen and trying to survive outside in this chilly Minnesota weather?

Concerned about the dangerous weather, the LSS Safe House in St. Paul is reopening to help youth with emergency shelter, safety, meals and counseling support. The LSS Safe House closed in August 2003 when state budget cuts produced a $200,000 deficit in the program's budget.

On any given night in Minnesota, an estimated 660 unaccompanied youth (17 or younger) are without permanent shelter. In a year's time, an estimated 10,000 unaccompanied youth experience at least one episode of homelessness in Minnesota.
--Wilder Research Center, 2000

Help Support Homeless Youth!
 With new funding from Ramsey County, Lutheran Social Service has secured about half of the funding needed to stay open through 2004. LSS is stepping out in faith, trusting that the community will respond with an additional $150,000 to keep the doors open. Can you help?
Please click here to make an online contribution.

You can also send a check to:
Lutheran Social Service
Attention: Safe House
2485 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108

The LSS Safe House is one of the few services in the Twin Cities where young people can find assistance with shelter, basic needs, advocacy and referral to other services to meet longer-term needs.

Thanks for your support!

 

  

    

  

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