Ozone House Inc

Programs: Runaway program - ozone house provided family support services to 102 families. 58 youth, ages 10-17, stayed in our emergency youth shelter.

homeless program - ozone house provided intensive case management and support services to 143 homeless youth. 38 homeless youth were housed in transitional or permanent housing.

outreach program - ozone house provided crisis intervention to over 7,901 community members concerned about youth, community education to over 3,305 community members concerned about youth, free physical and psychiatric health care to 77 young people, 2,758 hot meals to youth at our after school drop-in center, and hosted approximately 4,390 visits to the drop-in center.

workzone, an intensive employment training and paid internship program for homeless youth ages 18-20, prepares youth for their first job by providing employment training focused on resume-writing, interviewing, and professional workplace behavior, a 100-hour paid internship at a local business, nonprofit, or company, and case management to address homelessness and other external barriers to employment. 31 youth were provided training and stipends during 2016-17 the education fund at ozone house is available to finance a variety of educational expenses that ozone house clients incur that are not typically covered by financial aid and scholarships for books, supplies, technology, extra-curricular fees, housing deposits, et al. Having an education fund specially designated for ozone house clients helps make the goal of a continued education beyond high school possible for many young people who do not have the resources or parental support that it takes to apply to college. 5 youth were given assistance during 2016-17.