Our Breakthrough Approach…
for addressing youth homelessness is love. We all need love—and young people who are fending for themselves with no stable place to call home especially need love. Of course they also need a roof, and a diploma, and a job, but what they most need is a caring adult who believes in them and will be there for the long haul.
And here’s the thing: those caring people are already in their lives. They’re the adults they turn to that first night they can’t sleep at home—their best friend’s mom, their neighbor, the cousin who lets them crash on a basement couch. We believe these relationships have staying power, and we’re catalyzing system change in order to invest in them.
CLOSEKNIT FOCUSES ON THE WELBEING AND SAFETY OF YOUTH WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS, Recognizing that to best serve youth facing homelessness, young people’s voices and experiences need to be heard,
Closknit works to shift the conversation on youth homelessness by investing in connections between youth and their natural supports along with researching, training and advocating for practices that support the needs of homeless youth.
Our approach helps youth honor their deep need for connection and belonging, repair relationships, and build their own networks for support.
The circle map is our starting point tool used by closeknit to help youth identify possible informal hosting arrangements from within their already existing network of adults
HOW WE WORK
is it really true that this youth has no one? Learn about our Circle Map exercise.
to youth describe supportive connections forged with adult hosts. Hear what youth told us.
both the joys and challenges that adults who host youth face. Hear what hosts have to say.
innovative strategies to support informal hosting. Learn about our pilots.
how to help youth build circles of support. See how we share.
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FUND OUR WORK
CloseKnit is grateful for generous support from donors committed to our vision of loving youth out of homelessness!
Dear CloseKnit Family,
Every movement begins with a spark.
CloseKnit was founded with the belief that connection, real human connection could interrupt the quiet tragedies young people face when systems overlook them.
System change; true, lasting, generational system change is like building a cathedral.
Cathedrals were never built in a single lifetime. They were built stone by stone, hand by hand, by people who believed in something they might never fully see completed. They labored with faith, knowing their work would shelter generations to come.
Today, I invite you to continue building with us.
Please consider making a donation to CloseKnit.
Your gift helps us:
- Strengthen and support chosen families in our communities
- Equip youth and partners with life-changing tools
- Sustain our advocacy for the Right to House Youth Act
- Fund curriculum, travel, training, and community engagement
- Keep the heart of our organization, our general operations strong
- Ensure this cathedral stands long after any of us are gone
Thank you for believing in this work.
Thank you for holding this vision with us.
And thank you for helping carry the torch toward a future where every young person knows they belong.
Or mail your donation to:
CloseKnit, 1007 West Broadway Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55411
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