What are the most pressing issues that homeless and runaway kids face these days?
The needs vary dramatically among the kids Larkin Street serves. Some require only short-term housing and support while they work to resolve family issues before returning home. Others require much more intensive and long-term support as they overcome mental health and substance abuse issues, past trauma, and severe educational and life skill deficits along the path toward independence. The most pressing need to ensure each of our client’s permanent transition from street life is increased supportive housing options. There are too few transitional and permanent housing programs in San Francisco that are age-appropriate for our kids, who require a safe, stable place to live as they address the other barriers to their independence.
