UNHOUSED Youth Resources

Use the links below to find helpful resources for unhoused youth.
National Center for Homeless Education
NCHE Scholarship
Having access to higher education is a key opportunity for young people experiencing homelessness to move towards financial stability as adults. The resources found at the button on the right provide young people experiencing homelessness and people who support them with ready access to scholarship information.
Housing and Urban Development Youth Homelessness Exchange
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
NAECY Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Scholarships
Encompass Transition Age Youth Programs
College Homeless Youth Liaison Guide
Sueños Program
Sueños helps teenagers and young adults (ages 16 to 24) develop workplace skills that will prepare them to enter and thrive in an increasingly competitive labor market.
JBAY
Key dates and deadlines for applying to college
This resource is intended to provide social workers and probation officers with information about key dates and deadlines associated with applying to and attending post-secondary education.
Student Training and Education in Public Service
Schoolhouse Connection
Strategies to Accessing FInancial Aid
Homeless HUB – Life Skills
CAB’s Youth Homeless Response Team
The youth Homeless Response Team is a collaborative effort between the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education. This supportive services program aims to serve unaccompanied youth between the ages of 15-24 who are experiencing housing instability.
Bill Wilson Center
SMART Path Assessment
Transition Age Youth Housing Navigation
211 Santa Cruz County
2-1-1 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week AND is free, confidential, and available in multiple languages.
211 Santa Cruz County
2-1-1 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week AND is free, confidential, and available in multiple languages.