Advocates are in the final stages of creating a youth drop-in center where at-risk young people can take a break and find resources.
In an average year, about 550 young people will seek emergency shelter in Cuyahoga County because they don’t have a place to stay. An untold amount of others will go unsheltered; couch surfing, living in their cars, or on the streets.
The now 24-year-old told News 5 she experienced a turbulent adolescence. She was coming to terms with her LGBTQ identity while enduring abuse at a foster home. During her senior year, she would ask to shower at the school before classes started, using a cover story that her foster home’s water was out.
“The REACH board members of young people have really identified the need for a drop-in center as a really low barrier, hospitable place where young people who are experiencing housing instability can come and meet the most basic of needs,” said Angela D’Orazio, the Senior Programming Officer for Housing at the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland.
The drop-in center for 16-24 year-olds would offer amenities, like laundry, showers and food. It would also be staffed by trauma-informed safety officers and other professionals who could connect the young people to necessary support services.“Anything to help them get a little bit of a leg up, I think, would be helpful for the neighborhood,” said neighbor Tara Vargo.
Another added, “[I’m] supportive of the service. What we’re disappointed in is the level of engagement with the neighbors.” “All we are is normal human beings. We just want hope too,” Kourtney added. “The youth are going to be more scared of the neighbors than the neighbors are going to be scared of them because they don't trust nobody.”
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