I am asking for your help, please.
339 days... (#AndCounting) without Safe harbor for youth.
This further hurts the most vulnerable demographics (impoverished, traumatized, mentally unwell, women/girls, people of color, LGBT and gender-nonconforming, disabled, mentally unwell, orphaned, throwaways...)
It denies them basic needs, #mentalhealth services, and the opportunity to change the #trajectory of their lives.
When I ran at 17, the #shelter provided more than a roof, bed, and food.
It encouraged self-reflection, held me accountable for growth, and never stopped being available.
Any former client could visit, and then did! They came to talk to staff (which I was 3 times), reminisce, share good news or bad, seek advice, guidance, resources...
Because most of the youth had no parent or adult in their lives to guide them or for them to show off to and boast about accomplishments otherwise unseen and uncelebrated.
It leaves little room to develop pride, self-esteem and -confidence.
They came back when they needed to go #Home.
The help never ended.
Because help is always there, when we look for it, when we actively seek it out.
I am asking for #YOURHELP NOW:
For your time, your money, your involvement as CLCL Foundation seeks to expand the movement to #ENDYouthHomelessness with innovative ideas, community-based approaches, trauma-informed services, that are inclusive and accessible to all in need.
Because this problem is not unique to Ocean and Monmouth Counties, #NJ.
It is a #NationalCrisis, an #Epidemic, and our actions CAN BE the remedy.
If we act together -- WE could #ChangetheWorld.
CLCL Foundation seeks to provide these innovative solution-based services. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Choose love. Celebrate life. seeks to be A Foundation for Youth and Families, both now and in the future.
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