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Council backs $400,000 philanthropic partnership for youth homelessness prevention amendment
Summary
Councilmembers praised a midyear supplemental amendment to create a $400,000 annual fund, matched with philanthropy, to support homelessness prevention services for young people.
Councilmember Foster thanked colleagues and noted the council supported an amendment to the midyear supplemental to create a fund, in partnership with philanthropy, that will invest $400,000 a year beginning this year in homelessness prevention for young people. Foster said the effort aims to interrupt cycles that make youth homelessness more likely to persist into adulthood.
Foster cited research indicating that young people who experience homelessness are "2.5 times more likely to experience homelessness as adults," and described the new fund as an early-investment prevention strategy. He said the amendment was advanced in committee and colleagues had supported the concept during deliberations.
