Engaged to Support Vulnerable Youth

Every day, thousands of youth and young adults go hungry. That’s thousands too many.

The bodies, minds, and futures of our most vulnerable are hanging in the balance. Too many youth and young adults in our communities are faced with:



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High rates of food insecurity.
In California alone, 14% of the individuals under the age of 18—1.2 million people—experienced food insecurity.
Food insecurity for Teens





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





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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.
Homeless Teens





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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.
Adopt a Teen

We’re Promoting Healthy Change

We’re working to combat these overwhelming numbers. Together with our corporate and agency 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. This includes young people who are:

Contending with food insecurity, poverty, and homelessness.

Residing in or exiting the foster care system.

Leaving juvenile hall, detention centers, or gang involvement.

Living with disabilities, such as anxiety, depression, autism, and epilepsy.

The good news? Together, we can alter the trajectories of these disadvantaged youth.

Teen Health works closely with an expanding network of non-profit agencies and natural food, beverage, supplement, and personal-care companies to deliver critical resources to those who need it most. We’re serving teens and young adults who are hungry and nutrient deficient. This includes young people who are:

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