Runaway and homeless youth (RHY) often struggle to find housing and income as they age out of foster care and youth shelters. 

With personal and familial experiences with this transition after losing their parents as a teenager, the Social Mobility Journal’s founder seeks to support RHY ages 18-24 in NYC through a two-step program:

1. Every participant receives a journal. After losing their parents, journaling became a foundational safe space for SMJ’s founder to cultivate mental health, discover their voice, and strategize a safer future. Stanford researchers in neuroscience have proven that journaling can improve mental, physical, and socioeconomic outcomes for those recovering from trauma. Every journal contains psychologically proven guidelines to build life-long relationships with expressive writing. 
2. Youth are matched in a year-long mentorship program with graduate students trained in cultural and psychological sensitivity. The goal is to collaborate in creating a 2-year, 5-year, and 10-year social mobility plan focused on housing and income. 

SMJ is actively progressing toward 501(c)(3) status and working with partners to develop our programming. More to come on ways to support SMJ and the communities we serve.

No one deserves to bear the weight of social mobility alone. At the Social Mobility Journal, we journal together, build resources together, and remind ourselves that our resilience is power. 


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