NO CHILD OR YOUTH SHOULD BE HOMELESS. PERIOD.

• The #1 reason youth become homeless is because their family homes were unsafe: they experienced sexual abuse, exploitation, emotional abuse, substance abuse in the family, and/or domestic violence.

• 50% of homeless youth have been in or aged out of foster care.

• 72% of homeless youth struggle with mental illness, 57% with addiction, and 22% have a physical disability

• 42% of homeless youth are Indigenous, and 26% are LGBTQ2S