“We appreciate the United Health Foundation stepping forward to support Lighthouse in meeting the needs of our community, “ said Paul Haffner, President and CEO, Lighthouse Youth & Family Services. “Our new Integrated Access Team means more young people will get the help they need when and where they need it. We’re proud of our partnership with United Health Foundation and what we will accomplish together.”

Lighthouse Youth & Family Services is celebrating 50 years of service to the community. This new video explores how Lighthouse is serving young people and families today.

One in ten young people ages 18-24 will be homeless at some point. The KEYS to a Future Without Youth Homelessness plan is new and innovative in solving this problem because it was created with input from young adults who have experienced homelessness.

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Fifty years of service to youth and families. This is a significant milestone for Lighthouse. Together, we are creating a community where every young person has the opportunity to thrive.

Lighthouse is the lead agency for KEYS, a community effort to create an innovative system that ensures all young people ages 18-24 have access to safe, affordable, and stable housing.

"Recognizing the importance for all youth to have a safe place to call home, we are excited that the KEYS project will not only help local youth experience this security, but it will also track the effectiveness of the various strategies being employed, to further enhance the success of this community-wide effort," said Clayt Daley, President of the Daley Family Foundation.

Arianna Jones was 17 years old and about to start her senior year when she became homeless. “I was kicked out of the house,” she said, her eyes welling with tears. “I didn’t really have so much support there, except for one person.” Now Jones is using that experience to try to help others. She’s part of the team behind a plan called KEYS to a Future Without Homelessness.

"We are seated in a huddle room at Lighthouse Youth & Family Services, a partner agency to the Freestore Foodbank. It is the day before Thanksgiving and unlike the rest of the world, the atmosphere inside the building is strangely tense. "