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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 usedsex 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
Contact OPPORTUNITIES-PA TODAY to learn how you can...
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 usedsex 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
Contact OPPORTUNITIES-PA TODAY to learn how you can...
- Become a Champion
- Host a fundraiser
- Adopt a Student
- Donate
- Volunteer
