transitional age youth
Opinion piece in San Jose Mercury News links homelessness with need to support youth transitioning out of foster care
The data is horrific — 40 percent of persons living in homeless shelters are former foster children; 14 percent of youth reported being homeless at least once since leaving foster care; and 65 percent exit foster care without a place to live…
Source: Andre V. Chapman, San Jose Mercury News, October 18, 2011
San Mateo County grand jury report urges better mentoring for former foster-care children
The grand jury noted that although programs are available to young adults who age out of foster care, persuading them to participate is a challenge…
Source: Neil Gonzales, Mercury News, June 16, 2011
How 20-Something’s Fare Rough Times: Some of Us Go Home, Others Wish They Had One
I recommend looking through two timely articles that underscore the coming of age experience of today’s youth in a torpid economy. The first article, from the New York Times Magazine, highlights the modern trend of huge numbers of nest-ridden and unemployed baccalaureates, a.k.a. “boomerang” youth…
By Justin Slaughter, TAYSF
Rachel Antrobus of TAYSF Quoted in Bay Guardian
“It’s a fairly rare experience that youth stay in one home, and that means moving schools and moving friends,” notes Rachel Antrobus…
Source: Rebecca Bowe, San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 19, 2010
It’s Official!
From the whole team at TAYSF, we would like to thank everyone who joined our launch party and who made the night in the Maxfield’s room at the classy Palace Hotel a merger success story…[Click here to view slideshow!]
