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Mapping Hope wins Ed Talk; youth present digital roadmap for foster youth aging out of care
Summary
A youth team won City of Houston's Ed Talk competition with "Mapping Hope," a GPS-enabled digital platform aimed at connecting youth aging out of foster care to shelters, benefits and mentors; the team proposed a pilot app budget of about $10,000 and a full launch estimated at $40,000–$50,000.
Mapping Hope, a youth-led project to build a GPS-enabled digital roadmap for foster youth leaving care, won first place at the City of Houston Ed Talk competition at City Hall.
The team — led in presentations by Daniella Matassa and joined by Ayesha and Christine — said the platform will centralize shelter locations, benefits enrollment (Medicaid, SNAP), workforce opportunities, mental-health resources and mentorship connections. The youth presented national and Texas statistics they said motivated the project: roughly 1,000 young people age out of…
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