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- EIN 41-1697692
- (651) 227-4184
- 1089 Portland Ave Saint Paul MN 55104-7011 USA
- www.adycenter.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Human Services, Mental Health, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Mission: Since its inception, the ain dah yung (our home) center has provided a healing place within the community for american indian youth and families to thrive in safety and wholeness. Although they originally concentrated on providing emergency shelter for runaway and homeless american indian youth, they currently provide a multitude of services intended to strengthen personal and community growth for youth and families in the region.
Programs: Emergency shelter - culturally specific emergency shelter are provided to american indian youth between the ages of five through seventeen. Residential services are provided to youth that are homeless, runaway, in family crisis or involved with juvenile corrections
beverley a. Benjamin youth lodge/street outreach - transitional living and street based outreach services program available to youth, ages sixteen through twenty-one that have no parental, substitute, foster or institutional home to which they can safely go. Youth are eligible for an eighteen-month length of stay during which they will be stabilized in a safe, culturally supportive environment, address the critical issues/barriers to self-sufficiency and strengthen their community and cultural connections. Services include: supportive group living, adult living skill instruction, education/employment services and development of holistic supports
prevention/intervention - this program is designed to combat crime, chemical abuse and other self-compromising behaviors amongst american indian youth by building their self-concept, self-sufficiency and by strengthening their community and cultural connections. The program also serves as a facilitator of community initiatives to address violence, suicide and commercial tobacco use among american indian youth.