Supporting Vulnerable Teens for a Healthier Tomorrow

Survive ----> Thrive

We Reimagine and Redeploy Resources in the Face of Overwhelming Odds

Every day, thousands of youth go hungry and their bodies, minds, and futures are hanging in the balance. Too many youth in our communities are faced with food insecurity, staggering poverty, relentless homelessness and the realities of foster care.

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High rates of food insecurity
In California alone, 14% of individuals under 18 (1.2M people) are food insecure.

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Staggering poverty 549,000 young adults in California between the ages of 18 and 24 were below the poverty line.

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Relentless homelessness 180,000 youth in California experience homelessness each year. In Los Angeles alone, approximately 4,000 youth are homeless on any given night.

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Harsh realities of foster care Within three years of leaving the foster care system, 40% of foster youth will be homeless or incarcerated.

Food insecurity

An estimated 13.8 million children in the United States experience food insecurity, according to the Food Research & Action Center. This represents about 1 in 5 children in 2023.

Staggering poverty

About 15.3 percent of children under 18-years-old were living below the poverty line in the United State in 2023. In California, 549,000 young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 were below the poverty line that same year.

Relentless homelessness

About 180,000 youth in California experience homelessness each year. In Los Angeles alone, approximately 4,000 youth are homeless on any given night.

Realities of foster care

Within three years of leaving the foster care system, an estimated 40% of foster youth will be homeless or incarcerated in the United States. Close to 31% of transition-age foster youth experience homelessness in California.

Together, we can alter trajectories.

We’re working to combat these critical issues. Together with our corporate and social service partners, we’re giving disadvantaged youth access to healthy and nutritious food and supplements and providing gift bags filled with critical provisions. We’re serving those who are hungry and nutrient deficient.

Teen Health works closely with an expanding network of social service partners and natural food, beverage, supplement, and personal-care companies to deliver resources to those who need it most.