Gateway Young Adult Housing & Treatment Navigation Center
Find information about the Young Adult Housing Navigation Campus Now Open
A new beginning starts here.
The Gateway Young Adult Housing & Treatment Navigation Center is now open, providing safe, supportive housing and individualized services for young adults ages 18–25 experiencing homelessness. This program is designed to meet young people where they are and help them build a clear path toward stability, independence, and long-term success.
A Place to Stabilize, Grow, and Move Forward
This 90-day transitional housing program offers more than just a place to stay—it’s a structured, supportive environment where young adults can focus on their future.
Residents receive:
- Safe, stable housing
- Daily meals and basic necessities
- Trauma-informed care and support
- Individualized case management
Building Skills for Long-Term Success
At Gateway, we recognize that housing is just the first step. Our program focuses on equipping young adults with the tools they need to thrive independently.
Services include:
- Housing navigation and placement support
- Job readiness and employment connections
- Financial literacy and budgeting skills
- Life skills training (meal prep, time management, communication)
- Connections to education and training programs
- Behavioral health and treatment navigation
A Community of Support
This program is operated in partnership with Youth Development, Inc. (YDI) and is part of the larger Gateway system of care. Together, we are creating a coordinated, community-based approach to ending youth homelessness in Albuquerque. City Councilors Brook Bassan, Tammy Fiebelkorn, and Renee Grout spearheaded this project with the Department of Health, Housing and Homelessness.
Young adults in the program are supported by a network of service providers, mentors, and community partners committed to helping them succeed.
Our Goal
Our goal is simple: to help young adults move from homelessness to stability—and from stability to independence.
By combining housing with personalized support and skill-building, we are creating lasting pathways out of homelessness.
Vision
The Youth Assistance and Housing Navigation Campus (YAHNC) will serve 41 young adults aged 18-25 at one time. A young person will utilize the facility for approximately 90 days with the goal of accessing permanent housing. During their stay, a participant will have access to a wide range of services and tools to become more self-sufficient.
In May, 2024, the City purchased the former San Mateo Inn property at 2424 San Mateo NE for the campus and is working on design and pre-construction work.
City Councilors have appropriated $7m in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the YAHNC and the City has been awarded $1.5m in funds from the Congressional Delegation, thanks to the work by Representative Stansbury and Senator Ben Ray Lujan. The City has also received over $1.1 million from the State Legislature.
City Councilors Brook Bassan, Tammy Fiebelkorn, and Renee
Grout celebrate the initial funding for the campus.
Background
The Youth Housing Continuum, a subcommittee of the Homeless Coordinating Council, focuses on identifying gaps/needs and high-impact strategies for youth housing. In collaboration with the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and the University of New Mexico (UNM) Office of Community Health, and a Youth Advisory Council, a Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Young People Experiencing Housing Instability and Homelessness in Bernalillo County was published in February, 2022.
The needs assessment called for a youth housing navigation campus (YHNC)to address the community’s gap in emergency shelter for young people 18-25. This facility would be for young adults facing homelessness to receive shelter, clothing, food, wrap-around services, and a path to housing.
In July 2022, the Albuquerque City Councilors held an initial stakeholder engagement charrette that brought together representatives from the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD), Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), the University of New Mexico, the Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation, and numerous youth and young adult service providers. Collaborative efforts produced a preliminary design program, facility adjacency diagram, and a weighted scoring tool for location identification. A final report from the charrette included key themes for design considerations as well as key location considerations.
See CABQ's Visioning a Future Facility for Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness.
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