Our
Programs
Family Resource Center
Family Strengthening Services
Our Family Resource Center (FRC) provides a range of family strengthening services, including connections to resources, assistance navigating complex systems, parenting/caregiving enrichment classes, and concrete supports for critical needs.
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​The cornerstone of our FRC services is Project HOMES, which stands for Housing, Opportunities, Means, Empowerment, and Support. Project HOMES is a federally funded prevention demonstration program serving families with youth between the ages on 12 and 21 that are at risk of homelessness. The program offers individualized supportive services, case management, and routine check-ins with our dedicated and caring team members.​​​
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Our Teen Triple P program is for any caregiver of youth ages 12 to 16. The program provides strategies and support for raising happy, confident teens to make family life more enjoyable for everyone.
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All our programs are built on the belief that families have inherent strengths and abilities that can be leveraged and supplemented to prevent youth homelessness, minimize trauma, and give youth safe & stable lives.
Foster Care Services
Smith House Group Home
Our legacy residential program is Smith House, which was founded in 1986 to provide a home for teenage girls in foster care. Today, we prepare up to 10 youth aged 12-21 who have been hurt in their homes to be the successful dreamers, doers, movers, shakers & leaders for the future.
We specialize in serving older teens who are likely to age out of foster care, and focus on independent living skills and normalcy. Residents of Smith House have been referred to us by the Department of Social Services, but they may voluntarily opt to remain at Smith House by choosing to stay in foster care after turning 18.
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Our foster care youth at Smith House are just like any other teens - they want to feel safety, acceptance, normalcy, and hope.
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Shelter Services
Emergency Youth Homeless Shelter
Our emergency homeless shelter helps meet the safety and security needs of youth aged 12-21. Youth in this age range may contact our shelter 24/7 at (864) 551-0751 for assistance and possible intake. Youth in crisis may also contact our Safe Place Program 24/7 at (864) 516-1216 for immediate help. Our Safe Place partners include QuikTrip, the Caine Halter YMCA, and Greenlink Transit. Trained staff at those locations connect youth "in need of a safe place" with Pendleton Place.
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Our shelter is separated into two halls tailored to meet the safety needs of both young adult and minor clients.​ The Minor Hall is a federally funded "Basic Center Program" (BCP) that offers warm beds and hot meals for up to 21 days for youth ages 12-17 who may have run away, whose parents are facing eviction, or are experiencing homelessness for any other reason.
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Initially designed to serve minors, our shelter has since expanded to also serve 18-21 year-olds through private funding, as we sought to address the growing need in our community. Research tells us that roughly one-third of youth aging out of foster care experience homelessness, and more than two-thirds of youth experiencing homelessness have mental health concerns.
Our goal is to provide temporary shelter and ongoing support to youth who are searching and scared.​​
Shelter Services
Transitional Living Program
Until we can permanently end youth homelessness, we will continue to work toward reducing the number of youth experiencing homelessness by providing transitional housing options for youth.
Our FYSB Transitional Living Program (TLP) provides up to 18 months of residency and intensive case management and life skills training for youth up to the age of 21. Program participants benefit from safe, stable living accommodations with basic life-skills building, educational opportunities, and employment preparation services.
Admission to the program requires application and approval, with participants gaining access to resources designed to set youth forward on an empowerment and success pipeline and move on to true independent living after completing the program.
Community Youth Services
Street Outreach Program
National data indicates as many as 30% of persons experiencing homelessness are under the age of 24. Many young people experiencing homelessness have left the foster care or juvenile justice system without a permanent family or other connections, while others find themselves on the street because of family conflict or rejection.
Our Street Outreach Program (SOP) is federally funded and works to engage with youth who may be living on the streets or structures not meant for human habitation, in encampments, in their cars, or between friends' homes.
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SOP services also include our drop-in services three days per week, where youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness can access food, showers, laundry, and social support. Drop-in services are housed at our Youth Resource Center (YRC), which also include a resource closet for clothes, hygiene products, and information.
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Our Community Youth Services team provides Support, Outreach, and Access to Resources, which we use the acronym SOAR to describe. SOAR864 is our youth-oriented outreach program designed to be inclusive and accessible to youth up to the age of 24 who could benefit from the YRC and SOP.
Community Youth Services
Rapid Re-Housing Program
Our HUD Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) program aims to reduce youth homelessness by helping young people up to age 24 secure housing. We connect youth with landlords and provide rent payment assistance for the first year as they pursue their education and employment goals.
From the beginning, the lease is in the youth’s name, allowing them to remain in the home after our support ends.
This website is supported by Grants from the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Family and Youth Services Bureau.