Tag: homeless youth
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Empty Stocking Fund: The PLACE serves homeless young adults
Homelessness has many faces. Among those faces in Colorado Springs is The PLACE, a nonprofit seeking to serve homeless youth by helping them unlock their potential and guiding them to exit homelessness and forge a new path for themselves. Originally launched as part of Urban Peak Denver in 1998 with a youth shelter in Colorado…
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Relocated drop-in day center for youth who are homeless in Colorado Springs up and running
Eighteen-year-old Ryan Murillo takes a break from coloring a wolf scene in a small room inside The Place’s relocated drop-in center for youth who are homeless. Adult coloring books quiet his mind and “keep my brain steady,” he says. Murillo moved to Colorado Springs from Arizona six months ago and said family issues led him…