MoveFWD:
1001 MN-7 #237, Hopkins
basic information
Hours: The office is open Monday-Friday until 5 pm The drop-in center is open Monday-Thursday from 2:30-5 pm.
Serves: Homeless youth ages 12-24 or any student requesting counseling in Hopkins, St. Louis Park, Wayzata, or Plymouth.
Services provided: Free mental health counseling, homelessness case management, job and resume training, life skills, and a transitional living program.
Volunteer opportunities: Teens can volunteer on the Youth Advisory Board, which plans events and fundraisers for the organization. Learn more here.
Serves: Homeless youth ages 12-24 or any student requesting counseling in Hopkins, St. Louis Park, Wayzata, or Plymouth.
Services provided: Free mental health counseling, homelessness case management, job and resume training, life skills, and a transitional living program.
Volunteer opportunities: Teens can volunteer on the Youth Advisory Board, which plans events and fundraisers for the organization. Learn more here.
q&A: Carley kammerer, drop-in advocate
What's the mission of MoveFwd?
Because youth homelessness looks different, the approach to it has to be different. It’s hidden out here. We’re trying to bring awareness.
How do you make the drop-in center youth friendly?
All of our decisions try to be youth-oriented as far as protecting youth’s dignity when they come here. We hope to make it a place where they feel respected.
How do you make the counseling program available to youth?
Our counselors are really non-threatening, and they come to the youth in the schools, which makes it accessible.
How does your case management program work?
We'll meet with the youth, typically in their school, and work with them on a long-term basis, trying to get them stably housed, find a housing program — whatever the youth thinks fits their situation best.
Because youth homelessness looks different, the approach to it has to be different. It’s hidden out here. We’re trying to bring awareness.
How do you make the drop-in center youth friendly?
All of our decisions try to be youth-oriented as far as protecting youth’s dignity when they come here. We hope to make it a place where they feel respected.
How do you make the counseling program available to youth?
Our counselors are really non-threatening, and they come to the youth in the schools, which makes it accessible.
How does your case management program work?
We'll meet with the youth, typically in their school, and work with them on a long-term basis, trying to get them stably housed, find a housing program — whatever the youth thinks fits their situation best.
