About Us
Life House is the only drop-in resource center for homeless kids in Greater Minnesota.
At Life House, efforts are made to help at-risk youth break the cycles of homelessness, poverty, and abuse by offering on-site access to emergency needs such as food, basic health care, independent living skills development, and "one-on-one" supportive services in housing, education, employment, and positive health.
Our Mission:
To provide a safe harbor for enhancing the lives of youth at risk.
Our Core Values:
Our organization strives to provide at-risk and homeless youth with:
- Hope
- Empowerment
- Caring
- Community
Our Vision:
- To continue to be creative, innovative, and adaptable to meet the needs of all youth who enter our doors;
- To maintain a work environment that allows our staff to use their unique talents and skills to serve our youth;
- To maintain a cost-effective organization that is able to use the funds provided to us by our charitable donors to achieve organizational goals for our youth;
- To be recognized by the city of Duluth and the state of Minnesota as a premier example of an organization addressing the immediate needs of our youth enabling them to become productive members of society.
Our Strategy:
To ensure that the youth visiting our facility have:
- access to safe and affordable housing
- health services
- education and employment opportunities
- teen parent resources
- interpersonal and relationship building skills
- positive adult role models
Our Beliefs:
Life House believes every child deserves:
- a safe place to live and grow
- an opportunity to explore and develop
- a chance to be a productive member of society
- someone to listen to them, guide them, teach them, encourage them, show them right from wrong
- to be loved and cared for
Every at-risk child deserves a chance to be a part of Life House.
