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LifeWorks presentation: youth homelessness in Austin has quadrupled since 2020, agency says
Summary
At the joint April 28 committee meeting, Liz Schonfeld, CEO of LifeWorks, presented data showing a sharp increase in unaccompanied youth homelessness and outlined a model that, if fully funded, could make youth homelessness "rare, brief and nonrecurring" by late 2028.
Liz Schonfeld, chief executive of LifeWorks, urged the council committees on April 28 to treat unaccompanied youth homelessness as a distinct priority, saying youth homelessness in Austin and Travis County has grown sharply since 2020.
"In Austin, unaccompanied youth account for about 10% of the overall homeless population," Schonfeld said. She told the committees that 85 percent of those youth are unsheltered, 57 percent reported foster-care experience, and nearly one-third are parenting while homeless.
Schonfeld summarized LifeWorks' program outcomes and presented projections prepared by the…
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