Giving Tuesday Focus on Homeless Youth

Episode summary: One in 10 young adults 18-25, and at least one in 30 adolescents ages 13-17 experience some form of homelessness unaccompanied by a parent or guardian over the course of a year. Since young adults are critical to our future Project Good has decided to focus on homeless Youth for GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

- America’s Homeless Problem [7:21]

- Foster Care [9:56]

- Life on the Streets [12:33]

- Programs for Homeless Youth [16:38]

- Getting in the Program [18:01]

-Mental Health [20:51]

- Subgroups [22:40]

-The Pandemic [24:29]

-On the Streets [26:02]

-Solutions [29:32]

Quote:

“We would take a van load of youth from the ocean beach area of San Diego to our shelter on Tuesday night and then back on Wednesday morning, and often, the conversation in the van was, where are you going to sleep tonight? Will you be on the beach? Will you be in the park and take the risk of being robbed or beaten or raped or, or somehow accosted, or have your worldly goods stolen? Most of us have no concept of what it would mean if we had no place to go tonight, but it's incredibly frightening.”

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Annual Homeless Assessment Report 2020

2020 Point-in-Time Count

Urban Street Angels

Regional Taskforce for the Homeless

Veterans Village of San Diego

Philanthropy California

National Low Income Housing Coalition

According to Mental Illness Policy

GivingTuesday

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