Kobe and Vanessa Bryant have stepped up to the plate in the name of homelessness; particularly homeless youth. Meeting with the press recently at My Friend’s Place, a haven for homeless youth based in Hollywood, to announce their intention to “help [homeless youth] kick butt” and build self-sufficient lives.
The couple is in the early stages of forming a new charity initiative, the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation (KVBFF), to eradicate youth homelessness in Los Angeles. Between 7,000 and 10,000 of LA’s homeless are under the age of 24, a fact that Bryant said “shocked the hell out of me.” He mentioned that as a father of two, the problem just “hits home more.”
The Bryants’ charity will partner with existing aid organizations like My Friend’s Place in order to raise funds, improve services, and increase awareness about the pervasive problem of homeless youth in Los Angeles.
To learn more about reducing homelessness in Los Angeles, please visit the websites of the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation and My Friend’s Place.
Some Homelessness Facts:
On an average night in the 23 cities surveyed, 94 percent of people living on the streets were single adults.
4 percent were part of families and 2 percent were unaccompanied minors.
70 percent of those in emergency shelters were single adults.
29 percent were part of families and 1 percent were unaccompanied minors.
Of those in transitional housing, 43 percent were single adults, 56 percent were part of families, and 1 percent were unaccompanied minors.
Source: www.nationalhomeless.org
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