Last I heard, Layla found a transitional living program. She got the locker. She got the address. She starts community college in the fall.
She looked up, surprised anyone had stopped. "Because if I'm reading," she said softly, "nobody yells at me. If I have a book, I’m a student. If I don’t, I’m just a runaway. The book makes me look like I belong somewhere." Girl And Homeless -RJ01174495-
In a world that often looks past the homeless, we look through young women. We assume a system will catch them. We assume a shelter has a bed. We assume wrong. Last I heard, Layla found a transitional living program