MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A brand new program launched by the Miami Bridge helps pair younger adults in disaster, in want of short-term housing, with residents in Miami-Dade who volunteer their houses.
One of the individuals in this system known as Host Homes is Jordany S.
He left his Fort Myers residence at 19 after popping out as homosexual to his household.
“I was dealing with family issues, dealing with not getting the support that I needed,” stated Jordany.
Overwhelmed, he dropped out of college and felt he wanted a change. He arrived in Miami with little apart from his automobile and a few braveness.
“I got a job at a Burger King and Denny’s, I was working two jobs. I didn’t want people to know I was living in my car,” he stated.
After six months of showering on the health club, sleeping within the automobile, and worrying about his security, a telephone name to a faculty counselor could be a lifeline.
“I sucked up my pride and I said, ‘Listen, I’m homeless. I sleep in my car and I haven’t been going to school this entire year. I need help, I really need help’,” he stated.
The counselor linked him with the Miami Bridge, a company that gives emergency shelter for 10 to 17-year-olds.
They supply assist of all types to the youths of their care and goal to reunite households at any time when doable. The just-recently launched Host Homes helps individuals like Jordany.
D’Mychal Norwood oversees this program and shares the way it happened.
“We noticed at the point of turning 18, some of the people we are helping had nowhere to go. Some of them have a family, but we had a few of them that had to go into shelter programs,” stated Norwood.
Through Host Homes, they’re quickly putting 18–21-year-olds with volunteers in the neighborhood who’ve an additional bed room and a welcoming coronary heart. The hosts have to be no less than 27 years previous and bear a background test earlier than they’re matched rigorously to discover a good match.
Jordany now has a roof over his head, continues working to complete highschool, and is specializing in his dream of being a singer.
“I may not be the next Beyonce or the next John Legend, but I’m going to be something,” he stated.
For extra information on the Host Homes program and the Miami Bridge go to their web site right here.Â