Journey On Street Outreach Team

The Journey On Street Outreach Team provides meaningful, human-to-human connections while building trusting relationships with houseless relatives. Through consistent outreach, the team offers supportive engagement and distributes essential supplies to relatives experiencing homelessness, or at risk of becoming houseless.

Street Outreach is rooted in building personal connection and trust, recognizing that relationships play a critical role in improving housing stability, health outcomes, and social support networks. By listening, understanding needs, and showing up consistently, the Journey On Street Outreach Team creates a foundation for trust. Through these trusted relationships, many chronically homeless individuals have successfully transitioned from the streets into permanent housing and greater independence.

Journey On Street Outreach serves individuals who are houseless or at risk of becoming houseless and who may benefit from compassionate, supportive interactions with credible messengers who understand the complex challenges they face.

As part of Journey On’s co-response model, the Street Outreach Team provides transportation to safe locations, vital resources, medical appointments, and court appearances for those experiencing houselessness. The team focuses on relationship-building, identifying individuals who are ready to engage in services, and connecting them to appropriate supports and referrals

Journey On LOSS Team
Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors

The Journey On LOSS (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors) Team provides immediate, compassionate support throughout the He Sápa (Sacred Black Hills) of South Dakota to individuals and families who have lost a loved one to suicide. Services include on-scene bereavement support, crisis response, ongoing grief programming, and suicide prevention education. The LOSS Team operates as part of a co-response model alongside first responders, providing trauma-informed, civilian support that helps reduce repeat calls for service and lessens reliance on law enforcement during acute grief situations.

Based on the original Active Suicide Postvention Model developed by Frank Campbell, the Journey On LOSS Team responds at (or shortly after) a suicide with a team of trained volunteers—at least one of whom is a survivor of suicide loss. Volunteers offer a non-intrusive, compassionate presence, emotional support, and connection to resources during a time of profound grief.

Journey On Youth Outreach Team

The Journey On Youth Outreach Team has three youth-focused programs: Safe Passage, Support Team Encouraging Perseverance and Strength (STEPS), and High Risk Intervention (HRI).

• Journey On Safe Passage acts as a “walking school bus,” providing safe, supervised routes to help youth get to and from school in the Knollwood Elementary, General Beadle Elementary, Wilson Elementary, and North Middle School areas.

• Support Team Encouraging Perseverance and Strength (STEPS): The Journey On STEPS program provides compassionate, youth-centered support to youth ages 16–24 who are houseless or at risk of becoming houseless. Through transportation and intentional outreach, STEPS connects some of our most vulnerable youth to safety, resources, and supportive services.

• High Risk Intervention (HRI): Journey On HRI provides youth-centered mentorship and support to individuals impacted by violence or at risk of gang involvement. Through consistent relationship-building and guidance, HRI works alongside youth to promote safety, accountability, and positive pathways forward. The HRI team also offers direct support to the Juvenile Services Center (JSC) and the Arise Youth Center, helping youth build healthy community connections and access resources that strengthen stability and long-term success.