"According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, about 550,000 unaccompanied youth spend more than a week homeless each year, yet fewer than 10 percent are served by homeless youth programs, and there are only 4,800 beds funded by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act available at any given time."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-m-ryan/homeless-kids-need-this-s_b_5927506.html
Thank you Mission Local and Daniel Hirsch for your thoughtful piece and getting the word out. You can read the full article here:
http://missionlocal.org/2014/10/at-home-in-the-ata-storefront/
We've now reached out to folks who were personally introduced to us at Twitter, Inc., Zendesk, Yammer, Google.com, and Facebook HQ to become involved in Better Homes & Gardens Today and attend our events on October 29th and 30th ... waiting to hear back ...
A coalition of over 125 social justice groups is working on a Homeless Bill of Rights to be introduced to state legislatures in an effort to end the criminalization of people who live on the streets.
Megan and Chris will be ATA painting signs in the window throughout October - come by and learn more about the project!
