Did you know nearly 12,000 youth and young adults aged 10-24 experience homelessness in Milwaukee every year? Young people without a safe home are highly vulnerable so they work hard to stay invisible. Despite this invisibility, the entire community – including businesses – experience the negative impact of youth and young adult homelessness.
In this Milwaukee Business Journal Table of Experts, Pathfinders’ Tim Baack, Renee Kirnberger and DeShanda Williams-Clark discuss questions like:
- Why should the business community care about youth homelessness?
- If this is such a big issue, why don’t we hear more about it?
- What is the cost of youth homelessness to the community?
- What can business and corporate partners do to make an impact?
- Read the article here.
Youth homelessness is a complex issue, but the solution is clear: provide housing and supportive services and prevent homelessness whenever possible. This is exactly what Pathfinders is doing. You can help! Make a gift in support of this work today at PathfindersMKE.org/give
