Safe Place
Compass House is proud to be partnered with National Safe Place so
we are able to offer our services to youth all over Erie
County!
Safe Place began in Louisville, Kentucky in 1983 as an outreach effort of the YMCA Center for Youth Alternatives. The Safe Place program began in response to the many calls to the shelter from young people who did not have a way to get there. As a result, many youth trying to cope with personal or family crisis situations never reached the shelter. To address this issue, Project Safe Place was developed, designating businesses and community buildings as locations where youth could easily access help. Its success has prompted the implementation of this youth shelter outreach program in over 700 communities throughout the United States.
Safe Place is available to any youth under the age of 18 who is facing a crisis of any kind. Whether you're living on the street or planning on running away from home, whether you're afraid to go home because of an abusive or unstable situation, whether you're afraid that you're being followed and need a sanctuary, whether you're being bullied and want to get away--Safe Place is there to offer you help and safety.
Staff at Safe Place sites are trained to put you in contact with Compass House counselors, experienced professionals who will listen to you, assess the situation, and prescribe the best course of action. If necessary, a trained Safe Place volunteer will come to the site and drive you to the Compass House shelter, where you will have a safe place to stay and access to the services you need. In any crisis situation, Safe Place is there 24/7 to offer help to youth!
Safe Place began in Louisville, Kentucky in 1983 as an outreach effort of the YMCA Center for Youth Alternatives. The Safe Place program began in response to the many calls to the shelter from young people who did not have a way to get there. As a result, many youth trying to cope with personal or family crisis situations never reached the shelter. To address this issue, Project Safe Place was developed, designating businesses and community buildings as locations where youth could easily access help. Its success has prompted the implementation of this youth shelter outreach program in over 700 communities throughout the United States.
Safe Place is available to any youth under the age of 18 who is facing a crisis of any kind. Whether you're living on the street or planning on running away from home, whether you're afraid to go home because of an abusive or unstable situation, whether you're afraid that you're being followed and need a sanctuary, whether you're being bullied and want to get away--Safe Place is there to offer you help and safety.
Staff at Safe Place sites are trained to put you in contact with Compass House counselors, experienced professionals who will listen to you, assess the situation, and prescribe the best course of action. If necessary, a trained Safe Place volunteer will come to the site and drive you to the Compass House shelter, where you will have a safe place to stay and access to the services you need. In any crisis situation, Safe Place is there 24/7 to offer help to youth!
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