{"id":829,"date":"2016-06-10T18:13:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T18:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safehorizon.harbordev.co\/?page_id=829"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:00:35","slug":"streetwork","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/streetwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Streetwork Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Young people deserve to feel safe, wherever they are.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our Streetwork Project provides youth experiencing homelessness with short-term shelter and supportive resources with no judgement. We have two Drop-In Centers where youth can find necessities including hot meals, showers, and clothing, as well as medical care, sexual health services, and needle exchange. Our Overnight Shelter also offers temporary shelter for youth in need of a safe place to sleep. Two Outreach Teams visit different areas across the city where young people gather to provide food and resources, meeting youth where they are.
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\n Harlem Drop-In Center\n <\/h3>\n
209 West 125th St – 2nd Floor
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\n Lower East Side Drop-In Center\n <\/h3>\n
33 Essex Street
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Providing youth experiencing homelessness with housing, healthcare, community, food, clothing, and hygiene at two drop-in centers, with an overnight shelter available for youth under 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":{"id":2499,"alt_text":"Streetwork Project Uptown Drop-In Center","caption":"","description":"Streetwork Project Uptown Drop-In Center","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":5058,"height":3456,"file":"2014\/12\/Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-300x205.jpg","width":300,"height":205,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-300x205.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-768x525.jpg","width":768,"height":525,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-768x525.jpg"},"large":{"file":"Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-1024x700.jpg","width":1024,"height":700,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center-1024x700.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1423054920","copyright":"","focal_length":"18","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.0333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center.jpg"},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"class_list":["post-829","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en","issue-homeless-youth"],"acf":{"page_header_title":"Streetwork Project","page_header_excerpt":"A program to serve homeless youth and help them find stability. No judgement, just options.","page_header_image":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Streetwork-Project-Uptown-Drop-In-Center.jpg","sidebar_call_us_description":"

Our hotline for homeless youth connects young people under age 25 to our Streetwork Project.<\/p>\n

To reach Streetwork Project call:\u00a0800-708-6600<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hours of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10\u00a0a.m. – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","sidebar_featured_post":{"ID":3265,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2016-11-07 20:57:29","post_date_gmt":"2016-11-07 20:57:29","post_content":"\"Youth<\/em>\r\n\r\nBy Sebastien Vante\r\nNovember 7, 2016<\/em>\r\n\r\nStreetwork Project provides respite for homeless youth up to age 24 by providing safe and welcoming Drop-In Centers stocked with all their basic needs. As the Sexual Health Coordinator, I provide guidance and resources to help them make healthy choices. In this youth homelessness FAQ, I will talk about how I got started with Safe Horizon and the issue of\u00a0youth homelessness.\r\n

How did you first become involved with Safe Horizon?<\/h1>\r\nI studied political science in college in preparation to become a lawyer, but decided to change careers after volunteering with youth. Since then, I sought to work with a youth development program. Safe Horizon\u2019s Streetwork Project<\/a> focuses on harm-reduction, which really attracted me.\r\n

What are some unique aspects of Streetwork?<\/h1>\r\nStreetwork as well as Safe Horizon as a whole, do not discriminate based on identity of any kind either. Some programs may not serve LGBTQ homeless youth because of religious beliefs, but we will and I\u2019m proud to say that.\r\n\r\nWe know a lot of our clients use drugs, and while we prefer them not too, our focus is to make sure that if they choose to do so, we are there to try and reduce the harm done as much as possible. We do things like clean needle exchanges, HIV testing, and more to ensure they are as safe as possible.\r\n

What is the biggest challenge serving homeless youth in New York City?<\/h1>\r\nResources. The current problem of homeless youth in New York City outweighs the resources available to Streetwork to address it as effectively as possible. That\u2019s why support from volunteers, donors, and corporations is so critical to our work and the clients we serve.\r\n

What have you learned while working with youth at Streetwork?<\/h1>\r\nThat there isn\u2019t a specific \u201clook\u201d to homelessness. People think that homeless youth are dirty, disheveled, aren\u2019t conscious or intellectual. The young people I work with are some of the smartest, most put together people I\u2019ve ever met. They are aware of how appearance can be used to judge them, so they go to extreme lengths to appear just like anyone else so no one views them as homeless. They\u2019re extremely aware of their situations, of the challenges they face.\r\n\r\nI wish more people who aren\u2019t homeless realized this, that there is no one look to the issue, and that it can happen to anyone.","post_title":"Sebastien Vante Answers Frequently Asked Questions about Youth Homelessness","post_excerpt":"Sebastien Vante, sexual health coordinator at our Streetwork Project, talks about his work with homeless youth and answers questions he is often asked.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"youth-homelessness-faq","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-10 13:35:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-10 17:35:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/?p=3265","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"after_post_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"locations_list","locations":[{"ID":701,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2016-06-02 21:52:42","post_date_gmt":"2016-06-02 21:52:42","post_content":"","post_title":"Streetwork Harlem Drop-In Center","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"streetwork-harlem-drop-in-center","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-07-02 18:49:11","post_modified_gmt":"2018-07-02 18:49:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/safehorizon.harbordev.co\/?post_type=location&p=701","menu_order":0,"post_type":"location","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":692,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2016-06-02 21:33:40","post_date_gmt":"2016-06-02 21:33:40","post_content":"","post_title":"Streetwork Lower East Side Drop-In Center","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"streetwork-lower-east-side-drop-in-center","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-07-02 19:42:16","post_modified_gmt":"2018-07-02 19:42:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/safehorizon.harbordev.co\/?post_type=location&p=692","menu_order":0,"post_type":"location","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]}],"sidebar_call_other_description":"

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