OPPORTUNITIES-PA

"Homelessness" poem written by a teen

OPPORTUNITIES-PA provides life coaching, mentoring, career counseling, educational support, and housing assistance to homeless and other at-risk youth ages 18-25.

Did you know...

Homeless youth are unable to attend school without a legal guardian, residency, records, and transportation. Most end up going from place to place, sleeping on a friend’s couch or the floor. The National Runaway Switchboard reports homeless youth have used sex in exchange for food, shelter, or money. In fact...

5-8% or 1-1.6 million experience homelessness each year
1 out of 4 leave foster care without a job, adult support, and place to live
In 2009, 38% accessing services at an emergency youth shelter have been previously in foster care
47% of youth are without places to live for at least 6 months after being discharged from foster care

Check out a recently published report on Homeless Youth in Philadelphia by People's Emergency Center.

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