I’m back with Twyla Wellmaker, outreach and youth system manager with the Community Shelter Board. Last month Twyla and her colleague Steven Skovensky, chief program effectiveness officer at the shelter board, gave me the rundown on the state of homelessness in Columbus and Franklin Country, its contributing factors and some concrete solutions. This month, we’re homing in on those unhoused in our community who are youth or young adults.

Sources:

https://www.ccsoh.us/Page/10778

https://www.csb.org/cdn/file-CSBFinal-ReportFS10092024.pdf

https://www.csb.org/cdn/file-PointinTime-Count-Results-on-HomelessnessApril-2024.pdf

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2856116/#:~:text=Drug%20use%20for%20homeless%20young,among%20non%2Dhomeless%20young%20adults.