Y2Y New Haven (NHV) started because young adults in New Haven saw a critical need for safe, affirming, and youth-specific services, launching what has become a city-wide movement. Since 2018 with our New Haven-based youth organization partner, Y2Y NHV worked in collaboration with students, youth experiencing homelessness, dedicated service providers, and community members to operate a safe, affirming youth-specific overnight program. Unfortunately, in late 2025 our partner organization ceased their operations, and Greater New Haven lost the only youth-specific overnight shelter in the region.  This allowed an opportunity for Y2Y Network to shift the focus of Y2Y NHV - expanding our peer-to-peer model to create new, vital pathways to supportive services for youth experiencing homelessness. Y2Y NHV is filling a critical need in the community, allowing us to get within reach of ending youth homelessness in New Haven.