Community Impact

Check out YouthLink’s continuing commitment to open doors of opportunity for homeless youth in our Strategic Plan

Download our Strategic Plan here to learn more about our goals and we’re striving to achieve by 2014.



Updates on the proposed Linden Ave. Vikings stadium site

Check out this article from the Star Tribune on another business greatly affected by this proposed site. http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/137518508.html   Here is how you can help: Call Governor Dayton’s Office: 651-201-3400 Contact your State Legislator Find contact info for your State Senator and State Representative If you live in Hennepin County: Call your County Commissioner



Chili’s Fundraiser for YouthLink!

Looking for a place to celebrate the New Year? Head on over to Chili’s in Bloomington where 10% of your purchase goes straight to YouthLink when you present the voucher below from January 1st through the 16th. Chili’s Pepper Partner Voucher



What YOU gave on Give to the Max Day!

 Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who gave on Give to the Max day! Thanks to your generosity, you helped raise over $9,300 to open doors of opportunity to futures of empowerment, connectedness, and self-reliance for youth experiencing homelessness. $9,300 is an amazing amount, but what did you really help us do on ...Read More →



November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month!

Help us raise awareness around the challenges facing homeless youth! Join the movement on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter to learn more.



The Youth Opportunity Center voted best small project by ENR Midwest Magazine!

Congratulations to AECOM for their big win as best small project in ENR Midwest Magazine! We hope you’re looking forward to the award ceremony in December! Check out YouthLink’s remodel in this article from the September/October



YouthLink featured as KTIS’s October Difference Maker!

  A huge thank you to our friends at KTIS for making us their Difference Maker for the month of October! Make sure you tune in to 98.5 FM and listen for clips of our very own Dr. Heather Huseby’s interview with Julie Nelson of Kare 11. In the meantime, enjoy a promo video here.



YouthLink featured on MPR

A special thank you to everyone at MPR for thinking of us! The issues facing homeless or precariously housed youth are issues we are able to address with the support of community members like you! Click here to listen to audio and read more about what we do at YouthLink.



Youth Opportunity Center at YouthLink graduation featured on Fox9

Graduating high school and moving on to college is quite an accomplishment for teens. So imagine being homeless and still making it happen. Watch the Fox9 News Video to find out how YouthLink helped Bryon Taylor on his journey to end homelessness. YouthLink Helps Teens Find Home: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com



YouthLink’s Pufpaff featured on Twin Cities Insight podcast

YouthLink’s Josephine Pufpaff, director of program development and evaluation, recently spent some time on Twin Cities Insight, a podcast that gives local groups, charities and organizations the opportunity to share their story, to talk about youth homelessness and the support kids need during desperate times.