Youth Resource Guide
Name of Agency: Operation Go Home
Program/Division: N/A
Address: 5516 Spring Garden Rd., Suite 201,
Halifax, N. S., B3J 306
Phone Number: (902) 423-7681 / 1-800-668-4663
Fax Number: (902) 422-1571
Email: N/A
Contact Person: Krista Carruth
General Description: Our mandate is to reunite runaway youth
(17
years and younger) with their families,
or
to connect them with an existing agency
that
can best help them meet their needs
and
become productive citizens.
Services Offered: Listen to "street youth"
story. Call youth's
home
with their permission. Though
discussion
with youth, parents, and
authorities,
decide if home is a functional
home.
Arrange for travel to reunite youth
with
family. Prevention and awareness
program.
Limited counseling. Make
referrals.
Advocacy role.
Procedure: Call or drop in to the office to talk
with our
outreach
workers.