EverStrong is a Madison organization created to serve Dane County’s 17- to 24-year-old population affected by homelessness. TaMaya Travis, EverStrong’s Bilingual Peer Systems Navigator, said, “My job is to help young adults get through the homelessness system and out of the homelessness system permanently.” This entails helping her clients obtain jobs, transportation, and hotel rooms before job interviews to prepare themselves, and within a few months, long-term housing.
Travis has a deep connection with her work and her clients’ journeys due to her experience with homelessness as a teenager, on and off for several years.
“Coming into this work, I can have a very open and honest conversation with you,” said Travis. “Especially since I’m only 22, I’m the youngest person on our staff, so being able to be directly in our age range gives them a glimpse of hope and then seeing themselves in our staff.”…