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Prevention Demonstration Project

Waypoint’s prevention services are for youth ages 12-17 living with family, guardian, or caregiver and at risk of homelessness.

Waypoint is piloting a range of services in Manchester designed to prevent youth homelessness. Services are targeted to families with children between 12 and 17 at risk of homelessness. Factors that increase the likelihood of homelessness include

Housing Instability

Poverty or economic insecurity

Lack of affordable housing

Family conflict

LGBTQIA+ youth

Pregnant or parenting youth

Disconnected from school

Youth with history of leaving home / kicked out

Violence at home

Parent with severe, chronic, persistent mental health

Parental or youth substance use

Lack of positive social support

Previous, repeated involvement with Child Welfare

Death of a primary caregiver

Incarceration of parent

We provide flexible cash assistance for short-term financial emergencies, resources, case management, and therapeutic mentoring to support young people and their family. Through the program, we hope to prevent youth from becoming homeless in the future.

Eligibility

Families with children, 12 – 17 years old, that do not have active child welfare involvement through the family court system

Fee

None

Region Served

Manchester

Contact

603-518-4170

Referral Needed?

Services

Meet a young person and their family in their home, in the community, at school, or another location that is most comfortable for the youth and family

Develop a strategy to meet youth and family needs design to prevent homelessness

Flexible cash assistance for short-term financial emergencies

Provide resources and referrals to meet the young person’s needs

Case management

Therapeutic mentoring

Connections to Waypoint’s homeless youth services if needed

And more!

News

Homeless Youth & Young Adult, News/Stories

Waypoint Launches a First-in-the-Nation Program to Prevent Youth Homelessness

Sometimes all it takes is an unaffordable car repair or a high heating bill to start a spiral that results in homelessness.

Homeless Youth & Young Adult, News/Stories

Opinion: Criminalizing homelessness is a heartless response to a complex issue

The Grants Pass decision does nothing to solve the problem of homelessness. Simply because an unhoused person has no option other than sleeping on a park bench or in a tent on a public sidewalk, they could now be issued citations with fines they cannot pay and may face a future that is forever hampered by a criminal record. When our society should be extending a helping hand, we are instead delivering a slap in the face.

Homeless Youth & Young Adult, News/Stories

Johnson Vs. Grants Pass Ruling Statement

On Friday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that opens the door to fining and incarcerating individuals experiencing homelessness for sleeping outside. Waypoint is deeply disappointed in this decision.