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Testimony: Performance Oversight, ICH (FY18)
Youth homelessness is a tragedy that far too many of our clients and their peers experience. Every year approximately 800 of the District’s youth under the age of 25 are either literally homeless or functionally homeless, which includes couch surfing. In Fiscal Year 2013, nearly 12% of the 698 youth who accessed homelessness services were under the age of 18 and approximately 45% were between the ages of 18 and 21. Preventing and addressing youth homelessness and its consequences requires a coordinated interdisciplinary effort. Children’s Law Center attorney Aubrey Luce-Edwards testifies.