JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville nonprofit has unveiled new tiny homes in an effort to address homelessness among young mothers and their children in Northeast Florida.
The Youth Crisis Center’s Maternity Independent Living and Life Skills (MILLS) program provides fully furnished homes to women aged 18-24 who are pregnant or have children under age two.
“A lot of these kids are coming from families where maybe there has been violence in the home or they’ve experienced trauma,” said Logan Farrelly, Chief Operating Officer of Youth Crisis Center. “To be able to say ‘here’s your keys and here’s home,’ some of them haven’t really felt that before.”…