The Mockingbird Society

2023-25 Award - Systems and Policy Change - $125,000 per year

In 2023-2025, The Mockingbird Society (TMS) advocated for policies to establish a racial equity focused county-level “Office of Homeless Youth,” a cross-system coordinating body among housing, employment, education, behavioral health service providers, child welfare, juvenile justice systems and service providers which centered youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and engage them as core members. Young adults with lived experience leading the work, collaboration with elected officials and other organizations, and efforts towards gathering disaggregated data and advocacy for funding were some of the tactics TMS implemented during the funding cycle.