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Keeping with the Plan to End Homelessness,

Ground-breaking plan helps homeless youth leave Calgary streets

'Plan within a plan' to end homelessness

By Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald
April 5, 2010 6:59 AM

As the number of teens turning to shelters continues to grow, the Calgary Homeless Foundation is working on the country's first plan dedicated to ending youth homelessness.

The blueprint, which would become part of Calgary's overall 10-year plan to end homelessness, will focus on ways to help youths between the ages of 12 and 24.

"We recognize that there are some very specific needs and we want to respond to those needs with a bit more emphasis than our original plan to end homelessness," said Tim Richter, president of the Calgary Homeless Foundation, which oversees the local plan.

"It's a plan within a plan." Officials from the foundation will work with the United Way and local service agencies dealing with homeless youths to develop the plan over the coming months, he said.

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