When You Fall

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Supportive housing can make all the difference in the lives of at-risk youth and young adults. Since 2012, the Beacon collaborative has worked on creating three residences for this vulnerable population: Nicollet Square in Minneapolis, Prior Crossing in St. Paul, and 66 West in Edina. While the need for supportive youth housing remains great, it is making a huge impact in the lives of young adults here in Minnesota, allowing them to move from just trying to find ways to live from day to day to being able to see a future. One life that has changed for the better is Keyana.

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What Life Throws At You

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Site Coordinator Jason Todd learned to be a cook from his grandmother. “I was raised by a single mom who worked 2 full-time jobs, so I spent the majority of my time at my grandparents’ house,” he said. His grandmother taught him to cook and sew to prepare him for life. “If you can do these 2 things you can make it through life no matter what is thrown at you,” Jason recounts his grandmother telling him.

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