Partner with us to end youth homelessness on Maryland’s Mid-Shore.

What Youth Need:All youth and young adults deserve a safe, stable home and support to transition successfully into adulthood. Youth in foster care need help to:

• Find stable and affordable housing• Make and sustain permanent, supportive relationships and

connections• Develop and achieve educational and employment goals• Promote social and emotional well-being

Thrive@25 is an innovative partnership focused on helping youth in foster care on the Mid-Shore to meet these needs.

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“ Researchers estimate that 11 to 36 percent of youth who age out of foster care become homeless, and 25 to 50 percent experience unstable housing arrangements.”*

How You Can Help:To help youth in foster care and young adults transition into adulthood, we need individuals and businesses who can:

• Rent or Lease Apartments to Young Adults• Mentor a Youth• Provide a Service (accountants, hair care, vehicle maintenance)• Offer Employment• And More!

Join our team to help young adults leaving foster care on the Mid-Shore succeed at life!

Thrive@25 is funded through the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau, Grant #90CA1835. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the funder, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This information is in the public domain. Readers are encouraged to copy and share it.

For further information about how you can help, contact the Program Management Specialist at 410-820-5571 or visit thrive25md.org.

*www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/pdf/youth_hsg_main_report.pdf