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In the late 1980s, two
Plano
school teachers noticed some of their students arriving
at school with all their belongings in trash bags. The
students would store the trash bags in their lockers
during the day and take the bags with them when they
left school at the end of the day. Upon investigation,
the teachers discovered these students were homeless.
The
teachers’ reaction was ‘not in this community!’ The thought of homeless
 youth
was intolerable to these teachers. They immediately began working on ways to
provide a safe shelter for teens in crisis. The community rallied to the cause
and the first facility was opened in 1989. It was a 6 bed shelter in a house
owned by the First Baptist Church. That was the birth of
CITY
House. For
20 years, CITY House has been providing a safe environment for 10 to 17 year
olds in the only teen
homeless shelter in Collin County.
CITY
House, incorporated as Collin Intervention to Youth, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization founded to address the needs of children and families in crisis in
Collin County. Today, CITY House continues to provide crisis intervention and
counseling services to children and youth in crisis and their families.
Emergency Shelters
Teen Shelter
CITY
House’s inaugural program, the Teen Shelter, combined with our newest
initiative, My Friend’s House, will be able
to offer a safe haven to meet the needs of vulnerable
children ages newborn to 17 years old.
Besides specializing in sibling groups and children with special needs,
the house will also be able to care for medically fragile and behaviorally
challenging children. The Shelter program provides emergency care and
residential services to children who have been removed from their unsafe homes.
CITY House is the only agency in Collin County to provide shelter
resources for children and youth.
Transitional Living
Program
TRIPS
(Transitional Resources, Intake and Placement Services) helps young
adults 16-23 develop the skills and confidence needed to responsible, productive members
of the community. Services include free assistance with food, clothing, education, employment, and other life skills. TRIPS offers both residential (ages 18-23) and
non-residential options.
"The CITY House shelter and Family Center provide
essential services to the children of our community.
If not for CITY House, the intervention that currently
takes place would not exist."
...Judge
John Payton, Justice of the Peace,
Collin County
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