Youth Resource Guide

Anchor House, Inc.
482 Centre Street
Trenton, NJ 08611,
Phone: (609) 396-8329
Fax: (609) 396-1239
Email: anchorhouse@erols.com

This is a short-term emergency shelter for runaway, homeless and abused youth, eight to seventeen years of age.

Anchorage
229 Chestnut Ave.
Trenton, NJ 08611
Phone: (609) 989-1625

This is a transitional living program for homeless youth. It serves young people sixteen to twenty-one years of age who can stay up to eighteen months. In addition, Anchorage has a limited number of supervised apartments for those eighteen and older. Employment, education and life skills training are also available on an out-client basis. The agency is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Covenant House
929 Atlantic Ave.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Phone: (609) 348-4070

Covenant House of NJ
14 William Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 621-8705

These are runaway shelters for short-term crisis situations; they do have an independent living program ranging from six to eighteen months. The organization offers a full-range of services, from legal to health. While eighteen to twenty-one is their normal age range, they will help those under eighteen. However, they will contact the family. After speaking with the family, a decision is made on whether to involve the Division of Youth and Family Services, or another agency.

Voyage House
1431 Lombard St.
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone: 215-545-2910 -24 hr. line

This gay sensitive agency provides counseling and support services for young people, ages twelve through seventeen. In addition, they provide short-term emergency housing for young people.