They never told me why: A Story of Homelessness

When asked about challenges the community faces, young people often remark that social services are inadequate, and that public agencies designed to help youth in crisis can't - or won't - deliver on that help. "I saw CPS turn my friends away, too, when they went for help. Child Protective Services, by definition, is supposed to provide protection to children—and yet children who don’t have food, a home, caretakers, basic means of protection, are turned away."  A homeless teenager struggles to understand the chasm between authorities and the people who need them most, on Redwood Voice.