AARP Purpose Prize Fellow Vicki Sokolik
AARP Purpose Prize Fellow Vicki Sokolik"
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There’s no safety net for kids who aren’t removed from their homes but nonetheless can’t live there due to physical or sexual abuse, alcoholism, neglect, the incarceration of their parents
or other circumstances. I founded Starting Right, Now to give unaccompanied teens a home and love. Thanks to our efforts, more than 200 kids in two Florida counties have completed high
school and are succeeding in college, trade school or the military.
The problem I’m trying to solveAcross the country, more than 1.3 million unaccompanied kids can’t live in their homes. Some shuttle from one couch to another, others sleep on their high school’s track or football field
or, as one did, they spend the night in a friend’s father’s car. Because they’re ashamed of their circumstances, these kids keep to themselves, often remaining invisible until they flunk out
of school or turn to petty crimes. I started helping one child; now we house more than 80 kids in our two Florida homes and are piloting our model in North Carolina. We’ve also helped
change the laws in our state that kept these kids from thriving — they no longer need a parent’s signature to get a Social Security card, a driver’s license or necessary surgery.
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