Causes: Children & Youth, Human Service Organizations, Human Services

Mission: Teen Feed works with the community to offer support to meet basic needs, build strong relationships, and ally with homeless youth as they meet their future off the streets.

Target demographics: homeless, at-risk, and street-involved youth and young adults.

Geographic areas served: Seattle, Washington

Programs: Teen Feed works with the community to offer support to meet basic needs, build strong relationships, and ally with homeless youth as they meet their future off the streets. With the tremendous support of the community, Teen Feed responds to the most basic needs of homeless and at-risk youth in the following focus areas: healthy meals and lives, youth support coordination, street outreach, healthcare access, and engaging the community through service. Teen Feed responds to the most basic needs of homeless youth with three (3) integrated programs: Teen Feed Meal Program, Street Talk Outreach Program (STOP), and Service Links for Youth (SLY). We open pen its doors to 50 – 80 youth each nightTO-GO meals, Outreach backpack teams, and health checks continue nonstop during COVID-19Offer over 20,000+ nutritious volunteer-lead meals to hungry youthConnect with over 900+ individual youth in needWork with over 800 volunteers from various community, corporate, civic and faith groups resulting in significant labor cost reduction from our yearly budget. Leverage over $750,000 in donated food, basic needs items and related in-kind contributions this year – and growing!Provide one-on-one support coordination for 400 youth, providing a mailing address and help with a state identification, employment, healthcare enrollment, housing, and more. Meet hunger and basic needs of youth in need in Seattle’s University District