Techie Youth
We help foster kids and at-risk youth become self-sufficient
Our mission is to utilize tech-education to redirect
youth facing homelessness, incarceration or similar
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Over 80% of homeless people
were formerly youths in foster care -
Foster-care youth aged 18-21
"age-out" of the system on their birthday and are typically on their own in the world with only minimal preparation and guidance -
25,000 youths age-out each year
most end up living on the streets or in jail, drug addicted, involved in crime... -
It is never the kids' fault
most enter foster care due to severe parental abuse or extreme child neglect
Only 1% of aged-out foster youth complete college. Most have minimal life-skills with no parental/adult guidance, no qualifications nor any means of sustainable living.
Techie Youth is a NY-based 501(c)3 not-for-profit charity with a mission to fix this situation.
