Archive ▸ 2010 ▸ 2010-12-13

Policy Order O-5

City Council, December 13, 2010

Councillor Decker, Councillor Cheung, Vice Mayor Davis, Councillor Kelley, Mayor Maher, Councillor Reeves, Councillor Seidel, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey

WHEREAS: It has come to the attention of this City Council that the number of homeless youth is on the rise in Massachusetts with state education officials counting

WHEREAS: 13,090 homeless students last year an 85% increase from five years ago; and

WHEREAS: Many of these displaced youth stay in existing homeless shelters that are open to everyone; and

WHEREAS: The needs of homeless youth can often be quite different from the needs of homeless adults; and

WHEREAS: Bridge Over Troubled Waters a Boston based nonprofit has plans to open what would be the state's only homeless shelter for youth in Boston in the beginning of the new year; now therefore be it

ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Assistant City Manager for Human Services and Youth on Fire, a Cambridge based nonprofit, to discuss possible options for providing more support for the homeless youth in Cambridge; and be it further

ORDERED: That the City Manager report back to the City Council on this matter.

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