https://barrie.ca.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=4223592&GUID=DE5D789F-A420-4099-8099-D6195CF0C21ELegistar15https://barrie.ca.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=4223592&GUID=DE5D789F-A420-4099-8099-D6195CF0C21EDE5D789F-A420-4099-8099-D6195CF0C21E-2021-06-07-13-16-18Title: PRESENTATION BY MS. LUCY GOWERS CONCERNING YOUTH HAVEN Ms. Lucy Gowers, Executive Director of Youth Haven spoke to Council regarding the programs and services offered by Youth Haven. Ms. Gowers shared a variety of statistics and background information concerning youth homelessness in Simcoe County. She advised that 1 in 3 people using emergency shelter services in Simcoe County are youth and close to 400 at risk and homeless youth sought help from Youth Haven through the emergency shelter and outreach offices in 2018. Ms. Gowers noted that young people between the ages of 13 to 24, who are experiencing homelessness make up approximately 20% of the homeless population in Canada. Ms. Gowers spoke to the many factors that can lead to youth homelessness, including family conflict, substance abuse, gender and sexuality, youth unemployment and unaffordable housing. She described the various programs and services offered by Youth Haven for at-risk and homeless youth including, crisis intervention, counselling, care management, outreach services, basic life skills training and Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:16:18 GMT