Youth Futures

YOUTH FUTURES MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SAFE SHELTER, COLLABORATIVE RESOURCES, RESPECTFUL GUIDANCE AND DIVERSE SUPPORT TO HOMELESS, UNACCOMPANIED, RUNAWAY AND AT-RISK YOUTH IN UTAH.

OGDEN YOUTH FUTURES OGDEN PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL BY MAINTAINING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. THESE RELATIONSHIPS WERE BENEFICIAL AS GUIDANCE CHANGED RAPIDLY REGARDING COVID-19 AND WE WERE ABLE TO COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS TO KEEP STAFF AND CLIENTS SAFE. OUR STREET OUTREACH TEAM WAS A MAIN SOURCE OF FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS LIVING ON THE STREETS IN WEBER COUNTY DURING THIS YEAR. OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO FILL THE GAP IN DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND OFTEN RAN OUT OF SUPPLIES DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND IN THE SUMMER OF 2021 DUE TO RESTRICTIONS STILL IN PLACE FOR MANY OTHER SERVICES PROVIDERS FROM OFFERING THEIR FULL RANGE OF SERVICES. WE HAD TWO MAJOR PROMOTIONS OF ENTRY LEVEL STAFF IN OGDEN, WHO OF WHICH HAD STARTED EMPLOYMENT WITH US IN EARLY 2020 AND THEIR SKILLS SUITED THEM FOR THE STREET OUTREACH CASE MANAGER AND HOUSE SUPERVISOR POSITIONS IN 2021. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR PROGRAMS ALONG WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE REST OF OUR TEAM PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2021: SHELTERED A TOTAL OF 89 RHY AN AVERAGE OF 37 NIGHTS EACH FOR A TOTAL 3,331 SHELTER NIGHTS; SERVED 6,721 MEALS; FACILITATED 565 SHELTER CASE MANAGEMENT; OFFERED ACCESS TO THE RESOURCE ROOM 464 TIMES; AND DIVERTED 22 RHY FROM ENTERING SHELTER. FURTHERMORE, OUR STAFF PROVIDED 441 DROP-IN SERVICES, CONTACTED YOUTH IN AFTERCARE 108 TIMES AND CONDUCTED OVER 810 HOURS OF STREET OUTREACH, IN WHICH 297 STREET YOUTH (AGES 12-24) WERE ENCOUNTERED BY THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM. THE NUMBERS BELOW ARE STATISTICS FROM 2020 TO 2021 OPERATIONAL YEARS AT YOUTH FUTURES OGDEN: O NUMBER OF YOUTH SHELTERED INCREASED BY 11.1% (80 RYH IN 2020 TO 89 IN 2021) O TOTAL SHELTER NIGHTS INCREASED BY 55% (FROM 2,148 NIGHTS TO 3,331) O CASE MANAGEMENT INCIDENCES DECREASED BY 31.5% (FROM 825 INCIDENCES TO 565) O AVERAGE MEALS SERVED DECREASED BY 16.8% (FROM 8,081 MEALS TO 6,721) O NUMBER OF YOUTH IN ONGOING AFTERCARE DECREASED BY 20.8% (FROM 115 TO 91) O NUMBER OF AFTERCARE CONTACTS DECREASED BY 52% (FROM 225 TO 108) O DROP-IN SERVICE INCIDENCES DECREASED 7.9% (FROM 479 TO 441) DUE TO SEVERAL MONTHS OF SUSPENDED OR LIMITED PROGRAM SERVICES DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS O DIRECT STREET OUTREACH HOURS INCREASED BY .04% (FROM 807 HOURS TO 810)

ST. GEORGE YOUTH FUTURES ST. GEORGE FACED THEIR OWN SET OF BARRIERS IN REGARDS TO STAFFING PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HOMELESSNESS. EVEN SO, THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING DURING 2021: SHELTERED A TOTAL OF 64 RHY (AND THREE CHILDREN) AN AVERAGE OF 33 NIGHTS EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 1,999 SHELTER NIGHTS; SERVED 2,432 MEALS; FACILITATED 328 SHELTER CASE MANAGEMENT INCIDENCES; OFFERED ACCESS TO THE RESOURCE ROOM 239 TIMES; AND DIVERTED 14 RHY FROM ENTERING THE SHELTER. OUR STAFF PROVIDED 297 DROP-IN SERVICES, CONTACTED YOUTH IN AFTERCARE 78 TIMES AND CONDUCTED OVER 198 HOURS OF STREET OUTREACH, IN WHICH THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM ENCOUNTERED 122 STREET YOUTH (AGES 12-24). O NUMBER OF YOUTH SHELTERED INCREASED BY 56% (41 RYH IN 2020 TO 64 IN 2021) O TOTAL SHELTER NIGHTS INCREASED BY 46.8% (FROM 1,361 NIGHTS TO 1,999) O CASE MANAGEMENT INCIDENCES DECREASED BY 29.7% (FROM 467 INCIDENCES TO 328) O AVERAGE MEALS SERVED DECREASED BY 44.5% (FROM 4,384 MEALS TO 2,432) O NUMBER OF YOUTH IN ONGOING AFTERCARE DECREASED BY 11.8% (FROM 59 TO 52) O NUMBER OF AFTERCARE CONTACTS DECREASED BY 54.3% (FROM 171 TO 78) O DROP-IN SERVICE INCIDENCES INCREASED 21.2% (FROM 245 INCIDENCES TO 297) DUE TO SEVERAL MONTHS OF SUSPENDED OR LIMITED PROGRAM SERVICES DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS O DIRECT STREET OUTREACH HOURS INCREASED BY 330% (FROM 46 HOURS TO 198)

CEDAR CITY THE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING FOR OUR NEW YOUTH FUTURES CEDAR CITY LOCATION BEGAN IN 2020 AND INCLUDED PLANS FOR RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SUCH AS OGDEN AND ST. GEORGE AS WELL AS A TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM(TLP), UNLIKE ANY OTHER PROGRAM WE HAVE CONDUCTED BEFORE. THIS YEAR WAS FULL OF RESEARCH, PROGRAM DESIGN AND PREPARATION OF TWO FACILITIES TO OCCUPY OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS. MID-YEAR WE CLOSED ON TWO BUILDINGS IN CEDAR CITY, UTAH AND BEGAN RENOVATIONS AND FURNISHING FOR THE LAUNCH OF THESE PROGRAMS IN 2022. WITH THE HELP OF OUR ADMIN STAFF WE WERE ABLE TO CONCEPTUALIZE HOW THE NEW TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM WILL FUNCTION AND OUTLINE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SERVICES TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CEDAR CITY SITE WAS HIRED IN SEPTEMBER TO BEGIN HIRING STAFF AND GEAR UP FOR THE OPENING. WE WERE AWARDED A NEW BASIC CENTER PROGRAM GRANT FOR THE LOCATION AS WELL AS IHC IMPACT PARTNERSHIP FUNDING FOR TWO YEARS TO SUPPORT THE TLP PROGRAM FOR 2022 AND 2023. WE BEGAN DEVELOPING NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND EDUCATING THE AREA ABOUT THE UPCOMING SERVICES.