ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — The doors opened on Tuesday, and residents are being welcomed into the new Gateway Young Adult Center. The new facility is housing teens and young people in their early 20s who would otherwise be facing homelessness.
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We spoke with councilor Fiebelkorn last week about the need for this type of place. “We don’t have a place where specifically young people age 18 to 25 can go where they’re around peers and where they’re getting the kinds of assistance that they’re going to get here. We’re going to get them job training assistance, job placement assistance, life skills,” said Albuquerque City Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn.
The center is located on San Mateo near I-40 in the building that used to be the San Mateo Inn…