A roof over our head and fresh clothes is what many of us take for granted.
- Kern County Homeless Collaborative received $5.2 million in federal funding.
- Youth Action Board will help decide how to spend the funds.
- Funds will be used for housing programs over two years, with a possibility for renewal.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
The Bakersfield Kern Regional Homeless received funding that can make progress for homeless youth in the community.
Bridging the gap between service providers and policymakers is what Jaki Sevieux wishes she had when she experienced living in the streets.
Sevieux shares with me,”How do we expect to serve a community if we don’t know what that community needs so it’s important to get youth who are informed at those decision-making tables so they can be their voice, and uplift themselves and the voices of others.”
Sevieux was just two years old when, as a foster child, she first experienced being homeless. It happened again in her 20s after the death of a family member.