“Aging out was hard. I really didn’t know what I was going to do. I didn’t have a job, school was hard, I didn’t have a place to go afterwards. I didn’t want to be homeless, I didn’t want to go live with my sister and do stuff I shouldn’t be doing there. It was a stressful situation. Life made it as hard as it could.”
Nationally, 36% of youth with a history in foster care experience homelessness.
The Hope Center connected this young man with housing and fostered a roommate match so that he can focus on pursuing his career as a personal trainer. We work with our collaborative partners to help our young people find and maintain safe and stable housing as they transition out of foster care.