Incorporated in 1991, Life House has provided homeless and street youth ages 14-24 with unconditional support, transitional housing, and a safe alternative to the streets for 25 years. Life House serves approximately 750 unduplicated youth and additionally their young children annually. In 1996, Life House opened the first transitional living facility for homeless youth in Minnesota.

Our mission is to reconnect homeless and street youth to their dreams.

In 2005, Life House implemented the Futures Program to help youth overcome barriers to achieving self-sufficiency by providing on-site programming in education and employment. In 2009, the Life House began providing mental health services through the drop-in center. In 2013, Life House was selected as one of four agencies statewide, under the Safe Harbor Act, to provide safe housing to sexually exploited and trafficked minors.

The Life House staff of 37 full-time employees is comprised of a close-knit team of professionals including an LICSW, an LADC, licensed teachers, MSWs, BSWs, as well as staff equally credentialed in the first-hand experience of homelessness. Life House strives to recruit a diverse team in terms of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and cultural background. Clients participate in the hiring process to ensure new staff possess the innate ability to relate to street youth.