About Us

About Daybreak

Daybreak was established in 1975 in Dayton, Ohio as an emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth. Today, Daybreak operates the Miami Valley’s only 24-hour crisis hotline and emergency youth shelter and has grown to include outreach, prevention, transitional housing, life-skills education, and other follow-up services for runaway, throwaway, and homeless youth. Daybreak is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Vision

A safe home for every child.

Our Mission

To eliminate youth homelessness in the Miami Valley through comprehensive and results-oriented programs that provide safety and stability for runaway, troubled, and homeless youth ages 10 to 21.

What We Do

Daybreak has three core programs serving youth and young adults in crisis in the Dayton region:

  • Daybreak operates the region’s only emergency shelter, open 24/7, for youth ages 10 to 18. Daybreak provides shelter, food, clothing, counseling, safety, and stability to more than 200 youth each year.
  1. Daybreak’s housing program is the region’s only program designed to move homeless youth ages 18 to 22 out of homelessness, poverty, under-education, and crisis and into housing, financial independence, educational achievement, and self-sufficiency.
  • Daybreak’s street outreach program makes contact with more than 1,500 youth each year who are couch-hopping or living on street and looking for help. Daybreak will provide these youth with basic necessities while helping them find a safe place to live.