Kids who are alone, without a place to call home, find help with a Tampa non-profit

Florida Matters

Jamal would sleep outside some nights when his mother would lock him out of the house. Other nights he would go from couch to couch at friends' houses. That's until he found help with a Tampa non-profit run called Starting Right, Now. You'll hear how Jamal coped without a place to call home. And how Starting Right Now founder Vicki Sokolik dedicated her life to helping kids like Jamal, who are separated from their families by abuse or neglect but outside the foster care system. They're a uniquely vulnerable group of the nation's growing number of people who are unhoused. This episode first aired in March 2024.