Emergency Shelter
provided by The Center for Youth Services
Center for Youth
Rochester NY 14620
24 hour hotline.
Wheelchair accessible.
* Offers a short term emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth.
* Provides a host home with families throughout Monroe County to youth in crisis.
Cultural Competency
Language Access
Eligibility: Emergency Housing Program: Ages 12-17 years. Host Home Program: Ages 12-22 years.
Application Process: Call for information. Staff must speak to the youth directly.
Required Documentation: None.
Fees: No fee for services.
Coverage Note: Monroe County.
Cultural Competency: Signage and advertising for diverse populations, Cultural competency, diversity, equity, and inclusion training for staff, Staff reflects population served
Languages: Spanish - Language line
The Center for Youth provides free, voluntary, and confidential counseling, emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, employment and education support, restorative justice, Teen court, crisis intervention services, and crisis nursery services for youth and their families.