It’s about more than finding a place to sleep.
Youth homelessness is often invisible. When someone you know is experiencing homelessness, they might still be showing up to work or school, but at the end of the day, they don’t have a safe place to spend the night.
Whether it’s couch surfing or relying on shelters, these options are short-term, unstable and unpredictable. They make the living situations for homeless youth precarious—and quite often dangerous.