Street Outreach
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with the Friends of the State Street Family Street Outreach Team! Outreach Teams go out nightly and, with community support, bring life sustaining needs such as food, water, sleeping bags, blankets and other survival gear to our friends experiencing homelessness in Madison. Outreach Teams are often first responders to the homeless in crisis and provide medical triage, referrals, support and friendship to hundreds of our most vulnerable population. Outreach Teams work with other community organizations and outreach teams to make a difference in the lives of individuals and provide basic human necessities to those in need.
In order to join our Street Outreach Team we ask new volunteers to complete the following:
- Street Outreach Application via Google Forms
- Background Check
- Waiver
- Street Outreach Orientation
- Three evenings shadowing an Outreach Team with a designated trainer
Our goal is to build trusting relationships with our friends experiencing homelessness, so seeing the same people come out is really important. We ask that volunteers on our Outreach Teams commit to volunteering at least two times per month. Volunteers must also be able to walk 2 – 3 miles, carry backpacks and pull wagons.
For general Street Outreach questions please contact us at here.
*All volunteers who wish to work on a Street Outreach Team must be a minimum of 18 years of age. Friends of the State Street Family is not able to validate court-appointed volunteer hours.
In order to join our Street Outreach Team we ask new volunteers to complete the following: