Drop-in Centers

ELEM established the first, crisis shelter for runaway and homeless youth-- Makom Acher (Another Place) in Tel Aviv in 1994 and Et Nachta (Rest) was opened in Jerusalem in 1995. In 2000, the Sachlav (Emergency Help for Youth at Risk) project was established in Haifa as a comprehensive community program, which includes the Crisis Shelter, Outreach Van, Day Treatment Center and Community apartments program (the program provides support to those adolescents who are capable of living independently.)

The average stay in these centers is from a few days to six weeks. The main objective of the project is to provide a comprehensive solution for the problems of youth at risk in the community. The guiding principles are immediacy, availability, accessibility and intervention during times of crisis.