About/Mission

About

Since 1994, StreetWorks has delivered street and community-based outreach to youth facing homelessness and exploitation throughout the Twin Cities Metro area. Today, StreetWorks stands as the largest outreach collaborative in Minnesota dedicated to ending youth homelessness.

The collaborative brings together 19 Member and Partner Agencies, each contributing their unique strengths to support young people in crisis.

Together, these agencies form a powerful network united by a shared commitment to outreach, prevention, and advocacy for youth experiencing homelessness and exploitation.

Mission

The StreetWorks Collaborative supports those working with youth experiencing or at-risk of homelessness and exploitation by (1) cultivating collaboration among providers and resources, (2) building advocacy skills for systems change, and (3) advancing best and emerging practices through ongoing training.

Historically, StreetWorks has used the 9 Evidence-Based Guiding Principles to Help Youth Overcome Homelessness (PDF) as the underlying value-structure of the collaborative. For the past decade, these principles have formed a shared understanding and alignment among youth service providers in Minnesota.