Half of Whatcom's homeless youth face mental health issues. This grant could help.
Bellingham HeraldJan 12, 2018
The money from the
Northwest Youth Services is using the grant to launch REVIVE, a new project that also will provide help with chemical dependency. It will include partners
The goal is to help the young who are homeless and who struggle with those issues.
Nearly half, or 46 percent, of young adults who are homeless reported having a mental health disability, according to the Point-in-Time Count, the annual census of the homeless in
The nonprofit Northwest Youth Services helps people ages 13 to 24 in
NWYS will use the grant to hire a team of four led by clinical director
The idea also is to focus on those youths who are chronically homeless and on marginalized groups such as young people of color and young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning, according to
A key provision of the new project is having the people who help its youths be on site at its main location on
"Unless those services are on site, it doesn't work for the most vulnerable who need it the most," Bardsley said. "They will be mobile and able to respond to young people where they are."
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