Urban League Pitching in to Help Fight Youth Homelessness

While many across Connecticut will be with their friends and family this Thanksgiving holiday, thousands of students across the state won’t have a place to call home.

The Urban League of Greater Hartford (Hartford, CT) is pitching in to help the growing issue in the capital city by putting together bags that include oral care items and winter wear for those struggling.

In the Hartford school system, there are hundreds of teens that are without a home.

“You don’t have to be rich to do something and many hands make light work,” said Kyrinda Richardson.

She deals with the youth every day, and she says you truly never know the situation someone is living in.

“A lot of us are in a situation where we too could be in an unfortunate circumstance. One paycheck away or one tragedy away from being in this situation,” she continued. “We have over 5-thousand students who experience homelessness.”

According to Richardson, that accounts for 1% of all students across the state.

Since 2023, she says the number of homeless students in Hartford has jumped to over 430.

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