Foster youth fight for funding to boost mentorship and support program
/“Our coaches and tutors are essential to our survival.”
Read More“Our coaches and tutors are essential to our survival.”
Read More“How can we expect to reduce recidivism when we’re compounding the issues that got them incarcerated to begin with?”
Read More“The young people are at the mercy of officers to escort them to any type of services, and the officers are not usually in a hurry to assist them.”
Read More“More must be done to increase young adults’ access to age-appropriate housing, programming, education, healthcare and trained staff.”
Read MoreOn Jan. 25, 42 percent of 19- to 21- years olds (222 of the 520) in Department of Correction custody were housed separate and apart from older adults
Read More“Looking at 18-, 19-, 20-, 21-year-olds, we know that these settings don’t meet their needs.”
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