Effective June 1, 2020

Valley Youth House will be handling the management and implementation of the Host Homes Program For LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness in philadelphia.

For further information, please contact:
Zahra Cornellius, Host homes supervisor - 215-918-4215.

 

HOW WE BEGAN

The Homeward Initiative was founded in May 2019 through a $150,000 grant from the University of Pennsylvania to address the lack of LGBTQ-affirming housing for young people in Philadelphia.

 
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
— Maya Angelou
 
 
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40%

of the homeless youth
in the U.S. are under 18

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68%

of youth experiencing homelessness face unemployment.

 
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40-50%

of youth exiting foster care experience homelessness.

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40% of 750+

homeless youth in Philadelphia identify as LGBTQ.