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From YouTube: Youth Homelessness Summit
Description
Mayor Walsh addresses Boston's fight against homelessness in the youth population. Homelessness is an issue that arises from financial difficulties, familial issues, other challenges a person may face.
A
A
Let
me
just
first
of
all
get
all
the
thank
yous
done,
because
there's
a
lot
of
people
in
this
room
I
want
to
thank
and
I,
want
to
be
really
quick.
I
wanted
to
stop
by
thanking
Sheila
Dillon,
the
chief
of
housing
for
the
city
of
Boston,
who's
done
incredible.
Work,
I'll
talk
about
chill
in
a
little
bit,
Lila
Bernstein,
special
advisor
on
homelessness
me
and
the
mayor's
office
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you,
Jim
Green,
the
director
of
our
emergency
management,
shelter,
Commission,
thank
you.
A
Jim
who's
been
doing
this
work
for
a
long
time,
Brendon
little
from
officer
recovery
services,
Thank
You,
Brendan,
anis,
rossabi,
George,
C
companies
for
sabe
Jorge,
who
last
year,
May
made
the
priority
of
youth
homelessness
in
the
school
department
of
top
issue.
We're
able
to
put
some
money
in
the
budget.
A
We've
put
some
more
money
this
year
and
really
looking
and
seeing
at
using
data
to
see
how
it's
working
and
making
sure
that
young
people
that
are
homeless
are
living
in
a
home
and
working
towards
that
and
the
putting
the
money
is
one
thing
but
backing
up
with
data
and
making
sure
it
happens.
Another.
So
thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
advocates
and
partners
that
look
around
the
room.
There's
a
lot
of
you
who
want
to
give
a
special
shout
to
Elizabeth
and
bridge
bridge
over
troubled
waters
right
Elizabeth.
A
A
A
One
of
the
first
organizations
I
met
is
the
state
represent
of
a
Pinetree
tin
and
they
heal
India
down
here.
I
thought
when
they
wanted
water,
in
my
word
and
from
97
until
2013
when
I
was
budget
week,
which
is
this
week
at
the
Statehouse
Pinetree
and
India,
and
any
cool
to
be
in
my
office,
advocated
for
more
money,
around
homelessness
and
Lydia.
I
was
learning
about
what
time
she
was
doing.
Homelessness
at
the
time
of
building
housing,
housing
first
model
they
were
doing
it.
A
They
had
thing
idea,
shelter,
they
were
doing
family
housing
on
Pleasant,
Street
and
doctors.
Today,
we're
doing
all
kinds
of
programming
and
I
was
watching
them
do
that
program,
so
I
felt
that
I
wanted
to
punch
it
in
I
thought
that
homelessness
I
know
a
little
bit
about
it,
because
I
was
state.
Rapping
and
I
always
fought
for
the
funding
and
to
ask
any
Joe
Finn's
another
champion
on
the
joke
yet,
but
he
was
the
guy
in
Quincy.
A
City
Council
did
a
lot
of
work
around
ending
homelessness,
automatically
I
got
elected
mayor
Bronx
in
2014
and
one
of
my
priorities.
A
lot
of
priorities,
words,
addiction
because
I'm
in
recovery,
one
of
my
priorities
was
homelessness
and
dealing
with
homelessness,
and
my
first
eight
months
is
being
there.
The
way
to
tell
the
homelessness
is
we
have
a
child?
We
had
a
shelter
and
there
is
just
great
work.
An
island
and
I
came
to
bridge
over
troubled
waters
event.
A
My
Public
Works
Commissioner
came
in
to
me
and
said
that
we
have
to
shut
Long
Island
Bridge
job,
because
the
the
bridge
is
collapsing
into
the
ocean
and
in
August
of
that
year
we
knew
those
a
problem,
because
it's
in
general,
coming
upon
and
I
knew
that
the
bridge
didn't
have
much
life
left
in
it.
But
we
had
put
five
million
bucks
in
the
budget
to
try
and
again
in
the
20
years
of
fixing
fast-forward
October
the
23rd
Mike.
Then
he
came
in
so
we
gonna
shut
the
brake
job.
A
We
shut
the
bridge
down,
we
have
to
race.
My
concern
was
to
drive
a
car
across
the
bridge
and
our
Boston
it
collapses
and
the
bus
goes
in
the
ocean
and
people
die.
So
when
you
back
you
a
down-
and
we
put
me
in
boxes,
we
had
to
shut
the
island
down
and
take
people
off
my
boat
now
on
the
island.
What
is
that
homeless?
Shelter
on
the
island
was
our
detox
programs
on
the
Islanders
halfway
houses
on
the
islands,
every
single
total
service
program.
A
You
can
imagine,
and
it's
somebody
in
recovery,
knowing
the
impact
that
it
would
have
in
the
streets,
my
god
we're
gonna,
do
that.
So
we
open
up
a
shelter
and
open
up
some
programming
and
we
tried
to
find
places
what
it
did,
though,
what
it
did
for
me
what
sports
me
and
fourths
us
in
the
city?
They
have
a
real
conversation
around
homelessness
like
not
a
fake
one,
a
real
yeah.
A
We
talked
about
creating
shelters
in
space,
so
what
are
we
going
to
do
and
the
bridge
is
gonna
take
five
years
to
be
built
and
where
we
going
to
put
all
these
homeless
people
and
how
are
we
going
to
deal
with
it?
What
are
we
gonna
happen
and
we
started
looking
at
services
that
we
had.
What
are
we
doing?
We,
we
did
touch,
eat
homelessness,
but
that
was
really
great
touches.
A
Almost
this
and
some
other
programs
that
youth
homelessness
and
and
we
we
did
a
little
bit
but
not
really,
and
we
really
didn't
cut
family
moments.
Instead,
that
was
just
a
weird
kind
of
thing.
Okay,
we
have
all
these
different
systems
in
place.
Yet
how
do
we
come
up
with
a
better
system?
So
we
sat
down
on
the
chili.
Why
wouldn't
want
to
shed
and
we
sat
down
a
little
whole
bunch
of
people
and
we
brought
the
experts
who
do
this
work
into
the
table?
A
We
brought
in
all
the
places,
doing
all
the
work
and
said
what
we
have
to
do
with
box
and
what
they
said
was
in
a
nice
way
and
I
heard
it
a
different
way,
we're
not
doing
enough
with
housing
people,
meaning
that
when
it's
closed
outside
there's
a
bed
for
somebody
and
when
it's
warm
outside
that's
somebody
person
was
back
on
the
street
and
we
weren't
really
doing
things
that
we
needed
to
actually
deal
with
each
one.
We
had
counseling
something
like
that,
but
not
enough.
It's
yeah.
He
still.
A
All
chronic
homelessness-
and
we
say
we
want
to
end
all
chronic
homelessness
in
Boston
and
since
2015
to
today
with
house,
roughly
1,400
1,400
chronically
ill
people
that
live
in
a
home
and
we
have
a
system
in
place
today
in
Boston.
It's
a
system
doesn't
mean
we
ended
homelessness.
Yet
that's
not
gold,
but
we
ended
homelessness.
The
chronic
homelessness
were
ending
chronic
homelessness
tsubasa,
but
that
means
there's
still
people
homeless
on
the
street,
because
some
of
the
young
people
in
this
room
you
almost
and
you
might
not
be
Dean
chronic.
A
You
might
not
be
able
to
treat
five
to
ten
years
but
you're
homeless.
So
how
do
we
deal
with
that?
How
do
we
deal
with
people
that
are
on
the
street?
So
we
need
to
have
continued
to
have
conversations
and
a
plan
and
carry
that
plan
out.
Clean
and
Boston
I
plan
honestly
in
Boston
is
to
end
homelessness
now.
Does
that
mean
that
we
will
ever
have
a
day
with
Nolan
homeless
with
city?
No,
because
every
day
somebody
new
is
gonna
be
homeless
because
of
circumstance
the
people
almost
all
over
the
place.
A
I
was
actually
a
reporter
with
you.
Today
about
homelessness
answer
the
question
about
about
how
to
how
do
we
end
them?
How
we
can
you
said?
How
do
you
when
do
you
want
this
done
by
and
I
said
today,
because
what
I
mean
by
that
yesterday
slightly
better
answer?
We
need
to
continue
to
move
forward
and
continue
to
now
come
up
with
a
plan
if
you're
doing
it
today
and
we
need
to
implement,
implement
that
plan
and
we
need
to
make
sure
the
right
people
at
the
table
and
you
look
around
this
room
and
I'm.
A
Looking
around
this
room,
we
have
federal
federal
form
of
federal
authorities
that
we
hear
that
responsible
to
make
sure
that
we
did
our
plan.
We
have
people
in
the
shop
of
systems
that
a
yet
that
want
to
make
sure
that
we
fought
when
our
planet.
We
have
people
from
the
business
community,
workforce
council
th
at
one
point
when
I
plan
it
we
have
all
the
people
in
the
room
that
needs
to
be
in
the
room
to
make
sure
that
we
can't
get
except
and
that's
what
we
have
to
do.
A
I
also
danced
about
the
high
number
of
LGBTQ
and
African
kids
of
color
homelessness,
and
what
exactly
to
a
quarter?
I
said
when
I
look
at
homelessness,
it's
important
for
us
that
yeah,
the
numbers
are
high.
We
ever
get
to
the
root
cause,
but
there's
no.
No
one
person,
the
street
hasn't
seen
issues
while
on
the
street
some
people
on
the
street.
They
have
an
addiction
and
it
family.
They
just
simply
can't
take
them
anymore
and
they
can't
get
their
family
on
the
street
because
laptop
on
the
internet
coveri
you
like
turn
it
around.
A
Depression,
bipolar
and
and
all
of
that
stuff
that
needs
to
be
treated
and
if
you
simply
go
to
a
doctor
and
we
can
work
with
the
medical
facility,
you
get
somebody
that
the
treatment
they
need
to
be
able
to
get
back
on
on
on
time
comes
with
one
that's
good.
We
can
do
that.
We
again
people
young
people
that
are
gay
and
transgender,
that
weren't
accepted
or
not
accepted
by
their
family.
A
It's
a
little
different
today
in
some
cases
than
it
was
when
I
signed
in
this
business,
but
it's
still
bad
in
some
cases
for
families,
it's
okay,
that's
exactly
in
people.
We
don't
know
what
you
do
so
they
end
up
on
the
street
with
it.
Okay,
my
community
doesn't
want
me,
so
you
end
up
on
the
street.
So
there's
a
lot
of
different
issues
that
we
have
to
deal
with,
but
the
root
cause
is.
We
need
to
make
sure.
A
But
if
the
challenges
you
have
whether
it's
addiction
or
you
have
a
your
family
in
your
homeless,
when
you
get
on
home,
you
have
the
issue,
meaning
there's
still
the
challenge.
I
should
say
not
the
issue,
the
challenge
and
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
help
you
support
to
overcome
those
challenges,
because
it's
simply
not
having
an
apartment.
It's
about
having
a
partner
if
you
have
a
roof
over
your
head,
but
that
doesn't
mean
the
problems.
A
Time
when
I
dealt
with
my
I
dealt
with
what
was
what
I
had
to
deal
with
in
front
of
me,
making
amends
to
people
what
I
dealt
with
James
already
somebody
I
could
deal
where
I
was
in
my
life.
What
are
you
doing
on
so
I
think
it's
important
to
prompt
statement.
Okay
I
was
a
Stephanie.
It
was
Stephanie
said
to
me.
You
know.
A
A
It's
important
for
people
to
understand
that
that
you
know
I
might
be
the
mayor
of
arsons
today,
but
I'm,
just
a
person
I'm
another
person
and
it's
important
for
us
to
let
the
higher-ups,
let
you
look
at
officials
know
and
let
people
in
positions
of
power
know
what
needs
to
be
done
is
tell
your
story.
Tell
your
story,
it's
employer
to
tell
you
serve
people
to
you,
sorry,
late
Oh.
What
do
you
want
happy
to
piddle
story?
A
They
identify
you,
sir,
and
they
know
somebody
in
the
family
understand
who
you
do
everybody
has
everybody
has
they're
not
going
to
say
you
know
my
kid
is
an
addict
and
you
know
not
gonna
talk
about
that
because
the
stigmatize,
but
if
you
talk
about
it,
they'll
talk
about
join
you.
So
my
point
of
being
here
today
is
that
that
we
are
gonna
make
a
difference.
This
is
not
need.
A
You're
saying
this
for
the
young
people
and
there's
a
lack
of
trust
between
elected
officials
and
leadership,
officials
and
young
people
and
I
can't
blame
me
for
that
lack
of
trust.
What
I
saved
this
to
you
is
that,
as
this
council
continues
to
form
and
grow,
and
your
voice
has
already
heard
look
what
you
have
done
continue
to
talk
to
the
people
in
this
room
continue
to
talk
to
the
officials
and
in
this
room,
continue
to
push
ups
that
will
pull.
A
This
issue
will
not
be
resolved
by
the
fourth
of
July,
but
by
the
fourth
of
July.
You
will
have
made
an
impact
in
people's
lives
because
you
already
have
in
your
own
life.
They
continue
to
work
and
I
wanted
to
say
again
thank
all
of
the
organizations
that
are
here
this
week.
For
me,
it's
been
my
home,
asleep
I
watch
one
event
and
heading
home
early
in
the
week
and
they
had
a
fundraiser
and
they
were
homeless
program
and
I
was
a
fundraiser.
Yesterday
morning,
I
have
the
punishment,
press
and
I
told
the
story.
A
Yesterday
of
pumpkins
breakfast
about
my
first
time
on
the
Paiute
Indian
I
went
out,
made
I
want
to
run
the
city
applause
man,
so
moved
by
being
homeless
people
and
where
they
were
living
a
living
behind
performance
building
or
living
behind
the
chapel
on
the
waterfront.
They
were
living
in
different
places
in
somewhere
addiction.
Some
was
attic
somewhere
down.
There
luck
somewhere,
gates,
I'm
work
straight
somewhere,
white
somewhere,
blacks
on
the
Latinos
I'm
region,
and
it
was
no
homeless.
A
It's
an
addiction
doesn't
doesn't
look
at
the
the
color
you
Sienna
we
arranged
with
who
you
are.
Unfortunately,
it's
an
awful
thing,
but
it
was
one
of
those
time
for
me
as
a
person
that
I
realized
watch
me
an
elected
official,
a
person
with
a
title,
a
so-called
Big
Shot,
to
step
up
and
do
the
right
thing
spoil
process
in
2015
on
10
o'clock.
Sorry
in
2015
we
do
the
homeless
census
countin
boxing
and
I
was
walking
around
with
a
bunch
of
people
with
Downtown
Crossing
and
across
somewhere,
approximately
the
primary
goal.
A
Finally,
the
book
so
I
find
the
novels
and
in
the
books
book
in
the
path
of
the
big
engines
wavy,
and
there
was
somebody
sitting
them
dead
middle
and
the
person
had
on
the
sleeping
bag
jacket
bad
that
well,
crap
got
to
get
out
and
and
I
went
out.
This
person
I
didn't
know
who
wasn't
no
I,
don't
know
man
what
I
know
I
walk
over
and
I
said.
A
I
do
agree
with
me
and
I
said:
should
we
help
you
tonight
she
looked
at
with
a
young
girl,
I
say
the
other
girl
5:23
and
you
know
I
said
you,
you
need
anything.
No
I
said
and
I
talk
to
her
probably
kind
of
went
out.
I
said
you
know
why
don't
we
go
to
shove?
It
sounds
of
saving
time
and
I.
Look
2015-2017
and
I
thought
it
Rockwell
time.
2017
I
don't
want
to
Downtown
Crossing
with
the
business
leaders
because
they
were
complaining
about
homeless
people
sleeping
in
the
door.
A
So
I
didn't
and
I
happen
to
see
the
scratch
you
didn't.
Oh,
my
god.
Are
you
doing
it?
You
remember
me
I'm
talking
about
stops
me
and
we're
going
on
and
on
and
on
I
said
he's
gone.
Have
you
gone
through
us
in
the
city
and
we're
pine
trees?
We've
created
a
program
with
the
housing
surgeon
trying
to
get
people
to
housing,
and
we
have
a
new
program
that
we
didn't
have
it
in
2013.
A
So
please
don't
have
it,
but
you
know
at
some
point:
I
want
to
go
into
a
house
or
whatever,
and
we
had
conversation
and
I
gave
her
a
good
life
January
this
year,
I'm
doing
them
walk
around
and
I'm
down
on
the
corner
of
rock
street,
where
the
wicked
s
keys.
That's
there
and
very:
what's
that
mean
man?
How
are
you
I'm,
like
I'm
doing
good
I
said?
Let's
go
my
shoes
I
got
the
time.
A
You're
gonna
have
a
grateful
heart
at
some
points,
because
I
do
because
it's
because
you're
going
to
make
you
making
a
difference,
so
I
would
say
to
the
committee
members
of
here
of
the
council.
Will
you
leave
it
today?
Smile
because
I
can
honestly
say
to
you
as
mayor
for
four
years
now:
I've
walked
into
a
lot
of
conversations
about
homelessness
and
what
kind
of
a
lot
of
people
in
the
room
we've?
Never
ever
in
my
time
is
man
or
just
a
representative
had
a
crowd.
A
This
big
talking
about
homelessness
that
wasn't
a
fundraiser
or
a
community
meeting
where
I
get
yelled
at
you
made
it
different
saving
everyone?
It's
you
what
you
do
I'm
grateful
to
be
able
to
come
here
today.
This
has
been
a
tough
week
and
Samhita
end.
The
week
is
like
this
on
a
Friday
to
be
here,
knowing
that
there
were
so
many
other
people
working
on
youth
homelessness,
continually
not
to
the
organization
to
do
the
work
on
a
daily
basis,
but
everyone
really
focused
on
it.
Thank
you.
A
I
need
to
my
commitment
from
beyond
the
city
of
Boston.
We
are
going
to
be
at
the
table
until
we
continue
to
work
and
our
goal
is
to
end
youth
homelessness,
and
hopefully
we
will
get
it
done
and
if
we
don't
end
it
well,
we
want
a
system
in
place
where
somebody
ends
up
on
the
street.
The
first
night
there
on
the
street
somebody
grabs
them.