Your Donation Protects Youth from Harm and Fuels Their Future

Each year, thousands of young people in Utah experience homelessness. Many are alone, scared, and vulnerable to exploitation, trafficking, violence, and long-term hardship. Without immediate intervention, their challenges multiply—risking their safety, their development, and their future.

Your gift changes that.

Thanks to donors like you, Youth Futures provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, meals, mental health care, and wraparound support to youth ages 12–22 across Utah. Our low-barrier, trauma-informed programs offer immediate safety and long-term solutions.

What Your Support Made Possible in 2024:

• 7,273 nights of safe shelter

• 13,705 hot meals served

• 2,480 case management sessions

• 1,421 group participants in life skills and peer support

• 998 drop-in visits by youth accessing laundry, showers, food, or help

• 713 support groups held

• 298 individual youth received services statewide

Every one of these numbers represents a young person who found hope instead of harm, connection instead of isolation.

The Risks Are Real—So Is the Impact of Your Support

Youth who sleep on the streets are:

• 4x more likely to experience chronic homelessness as adults

• 3x more likely to suffer from depression, PTSD, and conduct disorders

• 1 in 3 engage in survival sex to access food or shelter

• 30% are trafficked or assaulted within the first 48 hours of becoming homeless

Your donation ensures these youth have a warm bed, a support system, and a future. You help us reunite families when possible—or build new ones through mentoring, life-skills development, and long-term stability planning.

Be Part of the Solution

We welcome donations of any amount. Whether you give once or monthly, your generosity fuels critical services that save lives and create possibilities. Every dollar brings a youth closer to healing, growth, and self-sufficiency.

Donate today. Because every young person deserves a safe place to sleep—and a future to dream about.

Thank you for standing with us.