OUR IMPACT

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Youth

receive services each year from 38 states across the country. Programs include Arts & Culture, Health & Wellness, Counseling, Education, and Job Readiness.

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Hot Meals

served annually at Café HMI. Twenty-one percent of HMI youth members cite the need for food as a primary reason for coming to HMI.

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Interactions

with unhoused youth each year through HMI’s outreach team, providing mental health screenings, emergency supplies, and resource referrals.

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Individuals trained

through HMI’s Training and Capacity Building initiatives. Participants include educators, service providers, administrators, and policymakers from across the country and around the world.

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Partners

including community-based organizations, government agencies, and NGOs working with HMI on initiatives ranging from direct services and youth events to advocacy and awareness campaigns.

Expanded Services

HMI provides services six days a week, Monday through Saturday. Services are free of charge year-round, including during critical summer months when schools and other programs are not in session.

Unique Expertise

HMI has been serving LGBTQIA+ youth since 1979, with the longest history of any such organization in the U.S. We share this experience through program models, training, resources, and advocacy work.

Global Reach

HMI collaborates with young artists outside of the U.S., including partners such as the Young Vic Theatre in London, to learn from one another.

A closer look at the youth, community, and care at the heart of HMI.