Is Ryan's House a licensed facility?  Are the staff trained and licensed in mental health or substance abuse?  

The concern about youth mixing with young adults is valid.  Most programs for youth and adults attend to this issue in a serious manner.  The youth are impressionable, and care needs to be taken regarding who they meet and then might associate with, and model their behavior after.

Is Ryan's House trying to be too many things?  A drop-in center for children is a different mission from transitional housing for adults.  The mission statement includes such goals as a medical clinic and insuring mental health and substance abuse treatment if needed.  The mission statement addresses needs of teens, not young adults.   There is no mention of adults.

One needs to be concerned about mission creep---the tendency for agencies to see a community problem and think that their agency can address it.  In the long run, the most effective agencies keep their missions tight.