Kids In Crisis' mission is to building healthy communities where children and families thrive through prevention, counseling, and crisis services available 24-hours every day. To this end, Kids In Crisis provides free, round-the-clock crisis prevention counseling, with a 24/7 Crisis Helpline and immediate in-person intervention; a comprehensive, trauma-informed, positive youth development emergency shelter program for newborns to 18 year olds of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, community of origin, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status; onsite school and community-based crisis prevention and counseling programs; and advocacy for children and families at the national, state, and local levels.