National Network for Youth

The National Network for Youth (NN4Y) has been a public education and policy advocacy organization  dedicated  to  the prevention and eradication of youth and young adult homelessness in America for over 40 years. As the largest and most diverse network of its kind, NN4Y mobilizes over 300 members and affiliates –organizations that work on the front lines every day to prevent and otherwise respond to youth homelessness.

Our members are community-based organizations along with their neighborhood youth, adults, associations, and regional and state youth experts.

The National Network for Youth envisions world where all young people have a safe place to call home with endless opportunities to reach their full potential.

NN4Y on a mission to transform systems so that no young person in America experiences homelessness.

OUR VALUES

• Collaboration - we partner with a diverse group of stakeholders 
• Respect - we value the expertise of young people with lived experiences of homelessness
• Solutions - we promote practical policy and practice solutions 
• Change - we seek to change mindsets, policies, and practices to transform systems at every level
• Equity - we are driven to advance equitable systems and opportunities for young people