Covenant House Alaska (CHA)’s mission is to serve all youth experiencing homelessness or human trafficking with absolute respect and unconditional love. Since opening our doors in 1988, CHA has evolved into an organization providing a wide breadth of housing, education and workforce development programs and services that help move youth ages 13-24 move from crisis to independence, serving 957 youth last year. By the time young people come to our doors they have often experienced a litany of traumas at the hands of adults, failures by systems like foster care and juvenile justice, and have become isolated from our community in ways that make them extremely vulnerable to exploitation by predators. Our programs and services below provide an individualized approach for every teen and young adult we meet. Youth may use as many or as few programs as they need, for as long as they need, up to age 24. In this way, CHA services prevent chronic adult homelessness, strengthen our Alaskan communities, and help youth grow into the best versions of themselves.