The Delta Center's
Street Outreach Program assists you in Alexander and
Pulaski counties who are age 21 and under, and are
homeless or at risk of being homeless. There is a
need for Safe Houses and Host Homes throughout the
area to help young people in need.
The Drop In Center is
a safe, positive place for youth to hang out with their
friends. We provide a hot meal, friendly adults to
talk to, interactive groups, referrals to other
programs, arrangement for health care, assistance with
homework, job training, community volunteer
opportunities, interesting guest speakers, fun and
educational trips, as well as pool tables, video games,
foosball, and a computer room with high-speed internet.
SOP staff travel to
Karnak, Mounds, Tamms and Ullin weekly and reach out to
youth by providing small care packages and contact
information for youth who want assistance.
SOP is currently
working on building a volunteer program and a network of
Safe Houses and Host Homes. Volunteers would come
on a regular basis to interact with youth and build an
encouraging relationship with them.
A Safe House is a
home, church, business, or other building where youth in
the community may come to phone Street Outreach staff
when they need help. For example, if a young
person is experiencing a difficult situation at home and
they do not feel safe there, the youth would come to the
Safe House to use a phone. The young person would
call Street Outreach staff, who would at that point
assist the youth, ensuring their safety and meeting
their immediate needs.
A Host Home is a
home, church, business, or other building where a youth
in the community can stay overnight when they have no
other place to go. A Host Home is temporary
shelter for a child while Street Outreach staff work on
obtaining a safe, longer term housing situation.
Opening up your home
to young people in the community will help make a world
of difference in their lives. To become a Safe
House or a Host Home, you need to meet Delta Center,
Inc.'s requirements for volunteers.
The following is a
checklist of everything required to become a volunteer
for the Delta Center, Inc:
SOP operates the Drop
In Center, located at the corner of 17th Street and
Washington Avenue in Cairo, Illinois. Our hours of
operation are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 5:30
to 9:00pm, and Friday and Saturday from 6:00 to 10:00pm.
For more information
about the Street Outreach Program (SOP), please contact
us at (618) 734-2665 or
email us
