Snow arrived early in metro Detroit this year, a sharp reminder of the conditions young people face when they do not have a stable place to stay. During the 2023–2024 school year, Michigan identified 35,495 homeless students. Each number represents a young person trying to stay focused in school while navigating nights in shelters, motels, cars, temporary rooms, or no reliable space at all.
On Thursday November 20, Covenant House Michigan will bring hundreds of Detroiters together for its annual Sleep Out event at 2959 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Participants will give up their beds for cardboard, tarps, and cold pavement to bring visibility to youth homelessness and raise money for services young people rely on every day.
This is the 12th year of the Detroit Sleep Out, held during Youth Homelessness Awareness Month. Covenant House Michigan leaders describe the gathering as a direct way to stand with young people who often feel unseen, unheard, and unsupported…