“People realized we were under counting because youth are more hidden,” Archer-Simons said. “They’re moving from place to place to place, and sometimes they’re afraid of coming forward because they think they’ll have to switch schools or they’ll get put in a home … we’re more aware of where the youth are staying and what the issues are because we’re having this conversation and looking for the youth and working together to identify where they’re staying and what the issues are.”
– Efforts under way to end youth homelessness in Connecticut
By Kaitlyn Krasselt and Mackenzie Rigg Published 12:00 am, Sunday, September 24, 2017
More at http://www.thehour.com/news/article/Efforts-under-way-to-end-youth-homelessness-in-12223478.php
