Covenant House Texas

Programs: The shelter and crisis care and mother/child-provides shelter, food, clothing, counseling, primary and secondary education, life skills, job preparation, employment skills, and legal advice for an average of 39 youth per night. During the twelve months ended june 30, 2017, cht provided shelter and services to 396 youth for 13,995 days of service. In addition, 5,099 youth received walk-in services of food, tokens, counseling and referral.

rights of passage/rights of passage apartment living-provides transitional housing services for up to 18 months for young men, young women, and parenting and/or pregnant young women age 18 to 21, and their children. Services include individual counseling and help with completing their education and finding jobs and housing. During the twelve months ended june 30, 2017, cht provided shelter and services to 47 young men for 4,943 days of service and 30 young women for 2,843 days of service and 2 transgender youth for 158 days of service.

medical services -comprehensive medical care is provided through the cht clinic. Health services begin as each youth admitted to the shelter receives a physical examination. The clinic is staffed by licensed nurses and residents supervised by a physician from baylor college of medicine. In addition to treatment of illnesses and minor injuries, services also include: sexually transmitted disease detection, treatment, and prevention; hiv testing, counseling and referral information; immunization; mental health and substance abuse counseling and referral; referral for dental and eye care. [see continuation on schedule o]during the year ended june 30, 2017, cht provided 2,584 clinic visits, 608 mental health assessments and/or interventions, and 391 substance abuse counseling sessions.

covenant house texas also provided the following comprehensive services to homeless, runaway, and "throwaway" youth under the age of 21:outreach-the outreach program is an effort to reach youths who are on the streets for various reasons. Outreach vans cruise the city streets day and night searching for these youths and providing them with food, a trained counselor, and referrals to shelters and health and other services, if needed. Youths are also referred to the organization's community service center (csc); there they receive ongoing counseling and other services. Community service center (csc)-the csc program provides comprehensive services to youths in the residential programs and to other youths in the community who need support in order to complete their educations, obtain employment, and maintain themselves in stable living situations. The public education-the public education program informs and educates the public on how to identify potential "runaway and "throwaway" adolescents, the public and private resources available to help such adolescents before they leave home and the public support services available to these families to improve the home environment.