SACRAMENTO, Calif.–The Golden 1 Credit Union will be giving $1 million over the next three years to help young people avoid homelessness in Sacramento with a 24-hour youth counseling center.
The Sacramento Business Journal said the money will go to expand the efforts of Wind Youth Services and put the organization in a much larger space. Wind is now in 3,000 square feet in Oak Park. Starting this winter, it will have 13,000 square feet in an office near Southside Park downtown, the Sacramento Business Journal reported.
Wind will provide counseling, laundry, employment services, mental health services and other triage efforts to keep youth from having to live on the streets.
“It is not intended to be a shelter. It is triage for situations on a walk-in basis so that these kids don’t become the chronic homeless,” Golden 1 Credit Union spokesperson Erica Taylor told the Sacramento Business Journal.
The Wind effort will also be supported by efforts of Lutheran Social Services, Goodwill and Waking the Village, a Sacramento program for homeless pregnant youth and homeless young mothers.
The $11-billion Golden 1 has more than 850,000 members.