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Health & Safety Guidelines

Health and Safety  Due to the Community Mental Health Center (CMS) mandate on vaccinations, all on-site volunteers are required to show proof of COVID vaccination. The Relatives can host a maximum of 4 volunteers indoors and 6 volunteers outdoors at the Crisis Center at one time. For family or group volunteer opportunities at the Crisis […]

November 2022 eNews

I am grateful my husband and I were able to provide our children with a safe place to call home. For too many kids, though, housing insecurity is their normal. Youth who run away experience negative health and education outcomes: Running away from home once decreases the likelihood that a youth will graduate from high […]

In-Kind Donations

In-Kind Donations Thank you for your interest in supporting our youth and young adults with an in-kind donation. The Relatives relies on the generosity of people just like you to help supply the young people we serve with basic necessities.   Every young person served by The Relatives is treated with dignity and compassion. To ensure […]

July 2022 eNews

What’s your favorite summer memory? Maybe you went away to camp and, after your initial bout of homesickness, relished your time there. Or maybe your family had a favorite vacation spot, a place you visited year after year. Or, like so many of us, did you simply enjoy taking a break from homework? For me, […]

June 2022 eNews

One of the things I’ve missed most over the past two-years has been welcoming guests into our space and sharing The Relatives’ work with them first-hand. While I am proud to say The Relatives never closed its doors to youth and young adults in crisis, we have had to limit the number of on-site visitors […]

May 2022 eNews

Celebrate With The Relatives! The past few weeks have been hectic at The Relatives as we’ve worked to best serve our community’s youth and young adults while moving our Resource Center to its new location on Freedom Dr. Anyone who’s ever endured a move knows how feelings of excitement and optimism can be tempered by […]

February 2022 eNews

The Relatives Family Update Please ensure you scroll down to read all of the recent stories in this newsletter. “We’re giving a voice to homeless youth through numbers!”  That’s how one member of The Relatives’ Youth Action Board described her work during the Point-In-Time (PIT) Count. The PIT Count, which took place in January, is […]

November 2023 eNews

The Relatives Family Update Please ensure you scroll down to read all of the recent stories in this newsletter.   I recently met a young person, Jacquelyn, who found relief, acceptance, and a safe alternative to running away at The Relatives. Jacquelyn’s sexual identity was difficult for her mother to accept and, as a result, […]

Point in Time Count with Youth Action Board

What Is the Point in Time Count? You can read all about the Point in Time Count, Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s way of capturing the number of people experiencing “literal homelessness” in the community. Read More. How is The Relatives Involved? The Relatives is supporting our Youth Action Board in their efforts to conduct a youth-led count. The […]

January 2022 eNews

The Relatives Family Update Please ensure you scroll down to read all of the recent stories in this newsletter. Many years ago, my kids had to write an “I have a dream” sentence as part of a school assignment for MLK day. My first-grade daughter wrote, “I have a dream…I want to be the ice […]

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