The Vagaries of Home
Anthology of posts for CHID 480 a longer description of this blog will be provided here
At the Ali Forney Center we are confronted every day with kids who have been thrown out of their homes by homophobic parents. The kids are devastated to have been cast out like trash and terrified of what will happen to them. Because New York City only provides 250 youth shelter beds for a…
(Source: The Huffington Post, via jayaprada)
(via Broken Foster System Leaves L.A. Youth Unprepared For Adulthood | Neon Tommy)
According to this article 25-40% of youth that age out of the system are homeless within 18 months of leaving the system. They referred to the state as foster youth’s parents, which logically is true, but who can you call when the state is your parent and they are neglecting you? (Ghostbusters is not the answer)
(via pickfrommyappletree)
