• Our mission is to improve and empower the lives of California’s youth.

Our mission is to improve and empower the lives of California’s youth.

Today’s Youth are faced with a myriad of complex and difficult issues and often lack an adequate support system to transition successfully into adulthood. In response, The California Coalition for Youth (CalYouth) provides strong statewide policy leadership around issues concerning disconnected runaway and homeless youth and provides direct support to youth and families through our program, the California Youth Crisis Line.



This publication was supported by funding awarded by the Victims of Crime Act, Youth Emergency Telephone Referral Network Program subgrant YT20311106 through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CAL OES)

Our Youth Need Your Help!


Unaccompanied Youth Experiencing Homelessness

In 2023

10173



Unsheltered unaccompanied Youth Experiencing Homelessness

In 2019

7303



Parenting Youth Experiencing Homelessness

In 2018

2219


help reverse the trend

Engagement and more...

Apply to join CalYouth’s Youth Advisory Board in January 2025.

Join us for the Youth Empowerment Summit (YES), happening Sunday, March 2, to Tuesday, March 4, 2024. Visit our Eventbrite page for more information.

Learn about our Advocacy & Policy 5-year plan.

Read the California Coalition for Youth 2021 Homeless Youth Survey.

Download our 2022 Runaway and Youth Homelessness Prevention Month Toolkit.

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