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Page 1: #HomelessYouthNoMore. At 17, her parental guardians’ struggle with chemical dependency and mental health issues forced her to flee from her home and drop

#HomelessYouthNoMore

Page 2: #HomelessYouthNoMore. At 17, her parental guardians’ struggle with chemical dependency and mental health issues forced her to flee from her home and drop

At 17, her parental guardians’ struggle with chemical dependency and mental health issues forced her to flee from her home and drop out of high school.

Meet Kristan

Page 3: #HomelessYouthNoMore. At 17, her parental guardians’ struggle with chemical dependency and mental health issues forced her to flee from her home and drop

An estimated 4,000 youth are homeless on any given night in Minnesota.

Kristan is not Alone.

Page 4: #HomelessYouthNoMore. At 17, her parental guardians’ struggle with chemical dependency and mental health issues forced her to flee from her home and drop

These youth have a higher risk of being in a gang, using heroin, feeling depressed, attempting suicide, or being victims of sexual assault than their housed counterparts.

Page 5: #HomelessYouthNoMore. At 17, her parental guardians’ struggle with chemical dependency and mental health issues forced her to flee from her home and drop

You Can Make a Difference• $15 provides a week’s worth of bus fare for

youth traveling to job interviews and school• $40 provides two months’ worth of laundry

costs for youth in supportive housing programs

• $100 provides two months’ worth of toiletries to a homeless youth needing basic necessities

gtcuw.org/homelessyouth

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THANK YOU Company Name!

Together we can end youth homelessness in the Twin Cities.gtcuw.org/homelessyouth