Links and Resources

The following groups provide help for homeless and at-risk youth in the Detroit Metropolitan Area:

• Common Ground provides a lifeline for individuals and families in crisis, victims of crime, persons with mental illness, people trying to cope with critical situations and runaway and homeless youths.
• Alternative for Girls helps homeless and high-risk girls and young women to grow strong and to make positive choices in their lives.
• The Triangle Foundation provides help to hate crime victims
• The Michigan ACLU’s LGBT project is a resource for fighting discrimination
• For Families of LGBTQ youth, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a great resource.
• National Resources:
  • Trevor Helpline is a crisis and suicide prevention helpline specifically for LGBTQ youth: 1.866.4.U.TREVOR
  • Gay Straight Alliances in schools