Teen Living Center · Davis CountyEvery night, sixteen high-school students who had nowhere to go have a safe place to sleep. The doors are open — keeping them open is up to all of us.
Supporting the Teen Living Center, operated by Switchpoint
Where it startedHomelessness is a serious challenge in Davis County. Hundreds of secondary students live in cars, in abandoned buildings, or on the couches and floors of willing friends and family. Teen resource centers were already helping them shower, study, and find a caring adult. Then someone asked the question no one could stop thinking about: when the day ends, where do these kids go?
Layton, Utah · 75 Fort LaneThe Teen Living Center is a safe, supervised home offering food, shelter, clothing, and real support for high-school students in crisis.
It's operated by Switchpoint in partnership with Davis School District, Layton City, and Davis County. It exists because a community decided that no student should have nowhere to go.
Inside the centerA bed is where it begins. What keeps a student on track is everything that comes with it.
Shelter, food, and clothing — the basics that let a student stop surviving and start planning.
On-site staff and advocates who show up every day and help with everything from homework to college paperwork.
Attendance, passing grades, and a plan for what comes after — with the district as a partner.
Job preparation, life-skills training, and real experience that build a path to self-reliance.
And here's what mattersYouth who don't finish high school are at 346% higher risk of experiencing homelessness. With the right support, the loss of safe housing doesn't have to become a lifetime of instability. For the students who walked through this door, it hasn't.
See it for yourselfA place to land
Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.Josh Shipp
Why nowEvery single night, sixteen students count on a warm bed, a hot meal, and staff who show up for them. That runs on private donations — not tax dollars.
A monthly gift is the most powerful thing you can do. It turns one act of generosity into steady ground under a student who has never had any.
In partnership with SwitchpointThe center is run by Switchpoint, whose model pairs housing with care and opportunity — case management, community resources, education, and job training that help students become self-reliant and thriving. Together, we can end homelessness for our community, one life and one door at a time.
Open one more doorYour gift keeps a student in school, off the street, and moving toward a future they can believe in. Give monthly and you keep the light on all year.