Older youth request help finding a job and filling out applications. With the support of staff, youth create safety plans and learn how to make good decisions to increase their feelings of well-being, security and self-esteem. Youth Wellness Center staff provide life skills training and counseling through individual, group and family sessions. Others come to hide from domestic fights between the adults in their lives.
This shelter is a place for youth to rest, catch their breath, and work with staff to determine their next steps.ĭreamCatcher’s Youth Wellness Center is open daily and provides young people with a safe place to hang out until they are allowed to return to the couch where they are staying. Programming and activities are youth-driven and the environment is accepting and lowkey. They receive meals, take showers with new hygiene products, receive new clothes and a warm bed to sleep in. Here, DreamCatcher provides for each young person’s basic needs in a safe and relaxed environment.
SIGN-UP FOR THE DREAMCATCHER eNEWSLETTER!ĭreamCatcher’s short-term, emergency shelter feels quiet and homelike. Over a third of our staff are graduates of our program who returned as adults wanting to give back for all they received, for the ways their lives changed. We understand that a core need of all youth is for connection and from the first point of contact, building a trustworthy relationship is our focus. We are trauma-informed, youth-positive, and strength-based, using a low barrier, harm reduction model. Over 90% of youth have been through DreamCatcher have moved directly into stable housing, further education or employment.Īt DreamCatcher, we believe that basic needs must be met for the work of healing to begin. DreamCatcher’s comprehensive constellation of programs is designed to serve these youth by connecting them to stable housing, consistent resources, community and peer supports. In Alameda County, estimates range from 1,500 to 3,000 of the number of people ages 13-18 who are homeless or unstably housed. Since 2000, DreamCatcher Youth Services has been the only safe landing for homeless and trafficked at-risk youth in Alameda County who are between the ages of 13-18.
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