NATIONAL SAFE PLACE INC
545 South Second Street, Louisville, KY 40202 www.nationalsafeplace.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The mission of National Safe Place Network (NSPN) is ensuring an effective system of response for youth in crisis through public and private partnerships at a local, state and national level. National Safe Place Network offers support to affiliate licensed Safe Place agencies so they can provide access to immediate help and supportive resources for all young people in crisis through a network of sites sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers and businesses. Additionally, NSPN provides services to member agencies such as online training, grant reviewing assistance, middle managers and executive leadership training, etc. NSPN's RHYTTAC program works to provide training and technical assistance to federally funded runaway and homeless youth service agencies in the United States and its territories.

NSPN also serves as the Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center (RHYTACC). This Center provides training assistance in a variety of forms for federally funded grantees providing shelter, transitional housing, maternity group homes and street outreach to runaway and homeless youth across the united states. These services include national conferences, on site technical assistance, webinars, an electronic training library, communities of practice interactive site for providers, resource guides and tip sheets, regional trainings and telephone consultation. For 2018, these services had the following results: the highest number of attendees (757) at the national training with 98% reporting strongly agree on the evaluation regarding increased learning and satisfaction; ten regional meetings with overall attendance of approximately 300 in attendance; approximately 13,000 users of the e-learning system; and numerous tip sheets and training documents and webinars developed NSPN also serves as the Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center (RHYTTAC). This center provides training assistance in a variety of forms for federally funded grantees providing shelter, transitional housing, maternity group homes and street outreach to runaway and homeless youth across the United States. These services include national conferences, on site technical assistance, webinars, an electronic training library, communities of practice interactive site for providers, resource guides and tip sheets, regional trainings and telephone consultations. For 2018, these services on human trafficking, serving the RHY population and other identified T/TA needs. NSPN member services include a base membership offering reduced fees to training, advocacy, alerts and networking opportunities. Specialized packages, such as Training, Organizational development and Professional Development are also options. These offer members things, such as, funding proposal review, capacity assessment reviews. e-learning options, youth worker certification training, succession planning, consultation, executive coaching, crisis debrief for staff and volunteers, and onsite training options. Individual membership is also offered.

NSPN works with agencies and communities across the United States to implement the Safe Place program on a local level. The program utilizes public and private partnerships at the local level to create safe locations where youth can go when in crisis and in need of safety. Local communities provide outreach education, immediate response, shelter and related services to these youth and their families. NSPN provides additional trademarked materials, awareness campaigns, training opportunities and assistance to communities implementing this program. There are nearly 22,000 Safe Place sites where youth can get help across the United States, with more being added every day. NSPN also offers the Text 4 Help programs for youth to get connected via text messaging to the closest Safe Place location and/or connect with a master's level mental health professional. For 2018, approximately one million youth were informed and educated about the Safe Place Program. 90% of these youth reported being able to identify the program and would go to and refer a friend to Safe Place when in crisis. Additionally, Safe Place programs across the United States reported volunteer participation of over 1,700. Almost 10,000 youth received services at a Safe Place or via a phone call to a Safe Place. Finally, 2018 saw a 100% increase in the number of the TXT4HELP interactions connecting youth in crisis with a masters level mental health professional via interactive texting.

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