THE ONLY YOUTH SHELTER
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​IN THE MID COLUMBIA AREA 

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Our Mission

​The mission of the Youth Empowerment Shelter (YES) is to provide youth in crisis a place of physical and emotional safety while assisting them to build positive relationships and develop their individual potentials.

We'll Be Back Soon!

We are temporarily closed
for adjustments.

Thanks to lots of prayers, and guidance in identifying the right people and offices to seek assistance with our regulatory complications, we have been able to sort out the prohibitive issues and have been given full approval of structural compliance.

So we plan to open again May 1.
We are taking this opportunity to fine-tune our program and make programmatic adjustments. These will take a a little time and then we will be back in business, with the new, improved version.  We are so sorry we're not there for you right now, but we'll be back soon.  Stay tuned!!

When we get back in business you will be welcome  to stay for a short time (1 or 2 days) or a long time (a few months). You can come and take a break from whatever is going on; or you can come just to talk about what's going on and what options there are. To check in,  just come on in, or come with a  parent or a case worker or an uncle or a therapist or a teacher or a pastor . . .  or you can just bring yourself. 

There are 3 qualifying criteria:
1 - you want to be here
2 - you are a  safe person for our household 
3 - your parent or guardian or whatever says it's okay for you to stay.

514 E. 9th Street, The Dalles, OR

     If you have a need of shelter, or know someone who does, give us a call at
541 993-4279. 

It's totally voluntary - the CHOICE of a youth -
with consent of a guardian

Licensed  by Oregon DHS
under Chapter 413, Division 215




​OUR THANKS TO THESE CORPORATE DONORS
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InFaith Mission
Meadow Outdoor Advertising
City of The Dalles
Northwest Natural
Benevity Corporate Giving
​MAC Gospel Community
​Gloss Salon
​Life in Christ Center
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Oregon Food Bank
Oregon Community Foundation
United Methodist Church
Gateway Church
​Collins Foundation
United Way of the Columbia Gorge
​United Church of Christ Congregational
Akita Chiropractic Clinic, LLC
Copper West Properties
Devco Mechanical, Inc.
Gary Denny Floor Covering, Inc.
Oregon Equipment Company
Springs at Mill Creek
Spooky's​ Restaurant
Wheatland Insurance Center
Keilman Dental
Bob Sady Painting, Inc.
​Ray Schulten's Motors
​Dufur Community Church
Juan Young Trust
​Autzen Foundation
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and many individuals!

We couldn't do it without
you!!