HomePlate Youth Services

Mission

HomePlate uplifts and empowers young people experiencing housing instability through community building, education, and access to services and resources. 

Bottom Line for Portland

HomePlate envisions communities where homelessness is a short-term circumstance, not a long-term or chronic condition, and youth are supported in their communities. 

We strive to disrupt cycles of homelessness by:

• - supporting youth in self-sufficiency;
• - education exploration;
• - workforce development;
• - and community.
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Our community thrives because we don’t wait for solutions—we make them happen, together.

Quote

"When I found myself without a home, without food, without hope, HomePlate was there to catch me...HomePlate didn't just meet my needs; they invested in my future." - Kody, 21

“Chance for change…to be respected and liked for who I am, not what I do.” –Matthew, 24

Incentives

Buy a drink at any Lionheart Coffee location on Big Coffee Day, November 1, and support HomePlate Youth!

Buy a drink at Breakside Brewery Beaverton between 5pm-9pm on November 18 and support HomePlate Youth! 

All donors will receive a special invitation to a Changemakers' Social hosted in January with Project Homeless Connect, Family Promise of Tualatin Valley, and HomePlate Youth Services.

Partner(s)

This Give!Guide we are partnering with Project Homeless Connect and Family Promise of Tualatin Valley to showcase our missions to serve children, families, and individuals experiencing houselessness in Washington County. 

We are also highlighting Portland Youth Builders to share the collaborative efforts and intersectionality of homelessness, community, and stability. 

And a big THANK YOU to our business partners Lionheart Coffee and Breakside Brewery Beaverton for their support in Give!Guide this year!