SARASOTA, FL – Area people-based care group Secure Youngsters Coalition is continuous to maneuver ahead with its capital marketing campaign, planning and building of its new Youth Shelter. Architectural agency Clifford M. Scholz Architects – with Rick Oswald main the staff – is designing the brand new facility and Tandem Development has just lately been retained because the builder.
The brand new Youth Shelter is crucial to our group and SCC’s efforts to guard space youths: there are sometimes over 2,000 teenagers who’re homeless in Circuit 12 (Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties) and there may be all the time a ready checklist for the shelter.
The SCC Youth Shelter gives a protected area for homeless or unaccompanied teenagers who’re with out protected shelter as a result of excessive parental battle, abuse or neglect, or a mother or father’s incapacity to manage. Teenagers can also be experiencing homelessness because of a psychological well being disaster, substance/alcohol abuse, or teenagers could also be ordered to the shelter by the courtroom. The earlier Youth Shelter was greater than 60 years outdated and restricted the variety of teenagers this system might serve. Homeless youths are at the moment being cared for at a brief facility in north Sarasota whereas the brand new Youth Shelter marketing campaign is underway.
SCC leaders word that, for the previous few years, the SCC Youth Shelter has been first or second in facility utilization out of the 30 shelters within the Florida community. With the one-two punch of the pandemic after which Hurricane Ian, the necessity has solely elevated.
The brand new Youth Shelter will probably be positioned on Sawyer Street in north Sarasota, sitting on two acres of land. The practically 9,000-square-foot constructing will present protected emergency, non permanent housing for youth ages 10-17, and is designed to scale back the checklist of youth ready for protected shelter, and home the utmost variety of youths allowed by its contract constantly all year long. The last word purpose of the Youth Shelter program is to reunite youth with their households as applicable, or to assist mother and father discover sources for extra applicable care, thereby maintaining teenagers out of foster care. The brand new Youth Shelter will present practically 3,000 protected shelter bed-nights a yr and serve as much as 200 youth yearly for a few years to come back.
For extra about Secure Youngsters Coalition or to study how one can help the hassle to construct the brand new Youth Shelter, contact Jacqueline Home at jhouse@sccfl.org or name 941-371-4799, ext. 1127.
About Secure Youngsters Coalition, Inc.
Secure Youngsters Coalition, Inc. (SCC) serves because the lead company for community-based look after Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties. SCC is a collaboration between area people businesses who present providers to youngsters and households in want. SCC is dedicated to defending youngsters, strengthening households, and constructing group. The core features offered by SCC embody baby welfare case administration, foster care, adoption, unbiased residing, prevention, diversion, high quality administration, and help providers. Go to sccfl.org or name 941-371-4799.