SYM--QNL Fall Sep 2022 -- Central Library Outreach

 

We have always known that young adults need different development guidance than older homeless adults. We invite them to shop at no cost in our Sunshine Store, but changes in their lives occur through repeated, sustained guidance counseling delivered in a cost-effective mix of individualized and group interactions, including our Help Line and private messaging via text and social media.
   Prior to the pandemic, we were about to launch something new. We know street youth typically have few problems getting hired, but they have great difficulty keeping jobs. They are rarely fired; rather, they quit because they lack the “soft skills” like negotiating, successful confrontation and anger management.