The 412 Youth Zone Podcast

Living the Dream

In our final episode of season 1, we discuss something every youth in our program will face: aging out of services. Our conversations with young people Malaya and Hannah will dig into their fears of aging out and how the Youth Zone has helped prepare them for these transitional periods in their lives.

Community Meeting

In this episode, we wanted to slow things down and take some time to talk about self care as one of the major aspects of everyone's mental health. We are joined by young adult Xavier and Youth Zone Therapist Shalace to dive into ways to have a healthy work-life balance while maintaining your mental health and how you can navigate resources in the community as well as here at the 412 Youth Zone.

Housing

Why are so many young people having difficulty finding and maintaining housing? Youth participant Alexis and HSSCY Supports Coordinator Vlad discuss the many barriers young people face in their journey to being stably housed.

Introduction

In episode one of our podcast we are introducing listeners to the 412 Youth Zone, located in Downtown Pittsburgh. Who are we and how do youth find us? Listen in as two youth participants share their stories of finding the Youth Zone and how our services have helped them in their transition to adulthood.