I was shocked to learn that many teens and young adults in their early twenties in Charlotte, North Carolina were homeless. While there are a few agencies helping these young people with meals and other social services, there are not enough facilities to house all of these unfortunate youth so many of them sleep outside the facilities at nights or on the steps of nearby churches.
Our initial program will target young adults who have aged out of the foster care system in the Charlotte, North Carolina Community. Many of these young adults have no reliable biological family members to support them in making their transition into adulthood. Most children who have aged out of foster care are suddenly separated from their foster parents and frequently become homeless, without responsible family members to rely on and in effect feel alienated from society at large.
Young adults, females in particular who are homeless frequently become victims of sex trafficking so our program will reach out to other agencies
that are presently serving victims of sex trafficking. Some of these agencies are overwhelmed and unable to provide shelter or give meaningful assistance to sex trafficking victims. By reaching out to these agencies we will be able to help them reduce the number of individuals seeking assistance many of whom are turned away.
