In Fall 2021 Fenix Youth Project Inc's Youth Advisory Board. partnered with Salisbury University Social Work students to lead the organization's first-ever Youth-Led Town Hall with a focus on Youth Homelessness. Primary topics were: - Prevention - Decriminalization - Emergency Housing/Shelter
Learn more about Fenix Youth Project Inc. www.fenixyouthproject.org
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Research has found that homelessness among young people is a fluid experience. From couch surfing to sleeping on the streets or in a shelter, the vast majority of youth do not become homeless by choice.
Specific subpopulations of youth and young adults face a higher risk for homelessness.
Black youth face an 83% increased risk than their white peers.
Hispanic youth face a 33% increased risk.
LGBTQ youth were more than twice as likely to have experienced homelessness.
Young parents—especially unmarried—had a three times higher risk than non-parenting peers.
Youth with experiences of foster care, juvenile detention, jail, or prison.
Youth who do not complete high school are 3.5 times more likely to experience homelessness than peers who completed a high school diploma.
Hello!
This week I finally presented my PowerPoint presentation for the HALS COC meeting.. I was very nervous but in the end, I had a good turnout and created much conversation. With the Youth-Led Townhall coming up this week I have attended meetings and created an agenda for how the Town Hall will go. There should be a great turnout since we have been doing as much advertising as we could. Over the weekend, SU students passed out over 150 fliers!
As many know, finding a job can be difficult. Putting in countless applications can be frustrating, especially when you do not get an interview or call back. Now imagine having more barriers such as being an ex-felon. How do we expect people to integrate back into society when a lot of rights, such as voting and privileges are taken away from them? After doing some research on what companies do consider or take felons into consideration. I have created a list of a few companies in Salisbury and surrounding areas.
AT&T
Verizon
Ace Hardware
Baskin- Robbins
Buffalo Wild Wings
Chili’s
Chipotle
Dollar Tree
Family Dollar
Goodwill
GreyHound
Red Lobster
PetSmart
Jiffy Lube
Kohl’s
