Program Info
The Synergy Project is a street outreach program offering assistance to runaway, homeless, nomadic, and street youth. We offer survival supplies, such as food, clothes, hygienic products, sleeping bags, tents, tarps, and more, as well as peer support, informal counseling (individual, family, or group), information and referral services, and assistance to get off the streets, if desired.
The program’s objective is to reach out to young people in their current locations. Street outreach coordinators actively visit freight train yards, transportation stations, tent cities, and homeless camps to provide assistance to youth who are hesitant to seek shelter. Our aim is to establish safer environments that align with their comfort levels.
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH DESIGNATED ACCESS POINT
The Synergy Project operates a Street Outreach Program and Youth Designated Access Point at Valley Youth House designed to help youth 24 years old and younger who have runaway, are street homeless, or are unstably housed
- Street Outreach Program and Youth Designated Access Point
- What support do we provide?
- Informal counseling surrounding housing insecurity and connection to a point person with the Synergy Project.
- Mental health services and connections
- Reduce the harm of homelessness by providing basic needs and access to resources i.e. clothing, transportation, hygiene products, etc.
- Connection and referrals to emergency housing options such as shelters and safe havens.
- Connections and referrals through the Youth Designated Access Point to Office of Homeless Services.
- What support do we provide?
Emergency Housing: Shelter and Safe Haven Resources
Shelters Under 18 Years Old
- Youth Emergency Services 1526 Fairmount Avenue, 215-787-0633
- Valley Youth House Bucks County Shelter; 800 North York Road,
Warminster, PA 18974; 215-442-9760 Ages: 6-17
Shelters 16 – 21 Years Old
- Covenant House: 31 E Armat Street; 215-951-5411
Youth Safe Havens: 18 – 24 years old
- La Casa; Male Identified Youth 18 – 24 years:
- Phone: 215-462-5041
- Email: lacasa@rhd.org
- Location: 504 Washington Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19147
- Women of Hope; Female Identified Youth 18 – 26 years;
- Phone: 215-732-1341
Visit an Office of Homeless Services Intake Center!
Daytime Centers
| Center | Address | Hours | Phone |
| Appletree Family Center
(shelter/diversion assessment) |
1430 Cherry St. | Mon.–Fri.,
7 a.m.–5 p.m. |
(215) 686-7150
(215) 686-7151 (215) 686-7153 |
| Roosevelt Darby Center
(shelter/diversion assessment) |
804 N. Broad St. | Mon.–Fri.,
7 a.m.–5 p.m. |
(215) 685-3700 |
| The Veterans Multi-Service Center
(shelter/diversion assessment) |
213-217 N. 4th St. | Tues. and Thurs.,
9 a.m.–2 p.m. |
(215) 923-2600 |
After-Hours Centers
| If you are a … | Then visit … | Address | Hours | Phone |
| Family | Red Shield Family Residence | 715 N. Broad St. | 5 p.m.–7 a.m. and holidays and weekends | (215) 787-2887 |
| Single man* | Mike Hinson Resource Center | 1701 W. Lehigh Ave. | 3 p.m.–7 a.m. and holidays and weekends | (267) 737-9099 |
| Single woman* | Gaudenzia’s House of Passage | 111 N. 49th St., at the corner of 48th St. and Haverford Ave., entrance on 48th Street | 5 p.m.–7 a.m. and holidays and weekends | (267) 713-7778 |
*You are welcome to visit the center that most closely fits your gender identity.
Homeless Outreach
- Project Home Outreach Coordination Center : 215-232-1984
- Valley Youth House Synergy Project: 1-888-468-7315
Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline:
- DV Hotline: 1-866-723-3014
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