From left: Thrive Youth Center assistant director Joshua Yurcheshen, executive director Sandra Whitley, and assistant director Lauryn Farris. Credit: Thrive Youth Center

Haven for Hope and Thrive Youth Center announced a partnership to serve homeless LGBT youth in San Antonio.

On Wednesday, Thrive moved into a 1,400-square-foot space at Haven for Hope. The organization’s goal is to create self-sufficiency and to quickly get people back on their feet with housing.

Thrive Youth Center is one of a handful of LGBT youth shelters in the country, and the space at Haven will be staffed 24 hours a day with staff and volunteers.

An estimated 50 percent of homeless youth in San Antonio are LGBT, according to Haven.

Pick up the next issue of the Current for a more in-depth story on the partnership.

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