November 2010
5 posts
Slipping Through the Cracks – Invisible Homeless...
La Mar Williams didn’t grow up on the streets and was never in foster care. At age 24, La Mar is ineligible for most programs: he is too old for youth shelters and is uncomfortable with the older, mentally ill male population found at most adult homeless shelters. As the economic recession drags on, he is unable to find work, despite the range of skills he possesses, and has turned to friends...
New State Funding for Homeless Youth Housing
According to the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will release a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for $30 million in bond funds through their Multifamily Housing Program—Homeless Youth as soon as next week. The funding can be used for new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and...
Sleeping on the Bus - and Other Stories from a...
When Alex Gutierrez, a youth researcher on the California Homeless Youth Project, secured a job with a catering company he enjoyed a moment of respite from years of homelessness he has experienced with his family, while attending school and working odd jobs to support his mom and siblings. Read what he has written for Silicon Valley De-Bug and San Jose Beez about sleeping on the bus, about...
Counting Homeless Youth
The newly published Homeless Youth Project report, Estimating California’s Homeless Youth Population, highlights the need for better estimates of youth homelessness. There are several recommendations in the report, including enlisting local Continuums of Care to include homeless youth in their Point-in-Time counts. The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) recently released a...
One Youth’s Reflection on Aging-Out of Foster Care
The passage of AB12, the California Fostering Connections to Success Act, last month was an historic extension of foster care supports up to age 21. College student, media producer for YO! and emancipated foster youth, Jockuela Ballard is more fortunate than many of the 4,200 foster youth each year who emancipate in California without a permanent home. She has a close relationship with her Great...
