The article highlights the urgent need for stable housing for young people aging out of foster care in New York City, who often face grim situations with few resources. It reports alarming statistics, revealing that many former foster youth experience homelessness shortly after leaving the system. The Children's Village, in coordination with others, proposed a five-year plan to create 800 homes specifically for these youths, intending to end the cycle of intergenerational poverty. The report emphasizes solutions crafted by those with firsthand experience in foster care, ensuring their voices guide the approach to housing solutions.
A stable and safe home can bend the arc of their lives, empowering them to secure steady employment and earn money and save. These 800 homes represent 800 opportunities to break the cycles of poverty.
Without stable housing, these young people face insurmountable barriers to education and employment, trapping them in cycles of intergenerational poverty.
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