2025 Innovation Summit
January 14-15, 2025
Portland, OR
Join us for our Innovation Summit in the vibrant city of Portland, Oregon. This community is home to pioneering partners and inspiring success stories in the movement to end youth homelessness. We’re excited to collaborate with them and showcase the groundbreaking initiatives taking place nationwide in the realms of Direct Cash Transfers and Youth Advocacy.
Together we can end youth homelessness
Point Source Youth envisions a world where all young people can enjoy the right to safety, stability, and joy. We believe that youth should be trusted to direct their own lives and that leadership by and advancement of the young people most impacted by the crisis of homelessness is paramount.
We further believe that our society has a moral obligation to collectively amass ample resources to end youth homelessness. To that end, we work alongside communities and partners to uplift the power of young people, especially historically marginalized young people by advancing meaningful and affirming solutions to end youth homelessness and place resources directly in their hands.
our youth-centered solutions
RAPID
RE-HOUSING
Rapid re-housing provides youth with a lease in their own name in the housing of their choice. Youth receive a tailored rent subsidy for up to two years along with comprehensive case management.
HOST
HOMES
Short-term host homes provide youth with an affirming, safe space to stay for 1-6 months with a well screened and well-matched mentor in their community.
DIRECT CASH
TRANSFERS
Through DCT, Program staff distribute cash to youth either remotely or safely in person at a frequency that works best for them alongside optional support programs including higher education and career counseling in addition to traditional case management.