Salt Lake County is set to receive nearly $2.8 million in federal grant money to help tackle issues associated with youth homelessness.
According to county officials, the Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness' Youth Experiencing Homelessness task group played a "pivotal role" in securing the grant, which had proven elusive to the county in previous years.
"It is super important — you're addressing system issues and unless you're talking with the people who have been through the system, you can't address it effectively," said Martinez, who once found herself homeless two months after moving out of the foster care system. "You can understand that there are bigger issues but until you actually work with the people who have lived it, you can't understand how to actually fix the problem.
Officials said of the 100 to 120 people who age out of foster care every year statewide, 30% on average end up incarcerated or homeless within two years.
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