Opinion: Pandemic Makes Addressing Youth Homelessness More Difficult

MAY 25, 2021 —  In a letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Lighthouse COO Jodi Harding says there’s work to be done and we can end youth homelessness working together. Here’s how it begins:

“You may not see them, but they’re there. Young people who are homeless are usually invisible.

Identifying and addressing youth homelessness takes a trained and thoughtful eye. Advocates, including Lighthouse, see a troubling trend aggravated by the pandemic: an avalanche of need for youth homelessness services.

The pandemic has made addressing youth homelessness more challenging but not impossible. More than a year into the arrival of COVID-19, we have a better understanding of the pandemic’s impact on the children and families we serve. Now is the time to act.”

Click here now to read the rest of Jodi’s Letter to the Editor.