New Handbook Released for Missouri Homeless Youth and Advocates

Professional bono attorneys from Baker McKenzie, in partnership with Authorized Providers of Jap Missouri and Enterprise Holdings, have launched a state-specific handbook for susceptible youth in Missouri

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — International regulation agency Baker McKenzie, in partnership with Authorized Providers of Jap Missouri (LSEM) and Enterprise Holdings Inc. (EHI), right now introduced the publication of the Missouri Homeless Youth Handbook throughout a launch occasion held at EHI’s headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. The Handbook is a web based useful resource designed to equip younger individuals and their advocates with accessible details about their authorized rights and sources for a extra steady future.

Homelessness creates limitless social and financial challenges for youth, together with elevated threat of involvement with the justice system. In Missouri colleges, 32,674 college students have been estimated to be experiencing some type of homelessness over the course of the 2020-2021 college yr.

Overlaying subjects together with schooling, home and relationship violence, well being care, and extra, the Homeless Youth Handbook is written in easy-to-understand language and introduced in a searchable, question-and-answer format. The useful resource will probably be shared with colleges, libraries, public companies, social advocates and others all through Missouri.

“This Handbook will make a distinction within the lives of younger Missourians searching for solutions and sources throughout essentially the most susceptible instances of their lives,” stated Amanda Schneider, Managing Legal professional at Authorized Providers of Jap Missouri. “It removes a significant barrier by offering entry to correct data in a format that younger individuals can navigate and perceive on their very own. It additionally guides them to the most effective organizations within the state of Missouri the place they’ll obtain extra help.”

“The Missouri Homeless Youth Handbook has the facility to assist a teenager positioned in any a part of the state,” stated Mike Andrew, Senior Vice President and Basic Counsel at Enterprise Holdings. “Our group was desirous to take part on this challenge understanding it has the potential to assist homeless kids and youths on such a big scale. Almost 30 volunteers from EHI’s Authorized group donated greater than 400 hours of professional bono effort to analysis, write, and edit the handbook.”

The Missouri version of the Homeless Youth Handbook marks the thirteenth model of the useful resource, which is now out there in 12 states and Washington, DC. Study extra in regards to the Homeless Youth Handbook challenge right here.

“We’re thrilled that this partnership has allowed us to broaden the supply of the Homeless Youth Handbook to Missouri,” stated Colin Murray, North America Chief Government Officer at Baker McKenzie. “The collaboration of in-house counsel, a non-profit group and our personal attorneys exemplifies how, by combining our sources and leveraging our strengths, we will make a significant distinction for a extremely susceptible inhabitants. This challenge aligns completely with our Agency’s deal with defending and empowering susceptible youth around the globe.”

Added Jaclyn Pampel, Baker McKenzie Professional Bono Companion, “We thank our companions at LSEM and EHI for the time and expertise they devoted to the Missouri Homeless Youth Handbook. This was an enormous endeavor, and because of their efforts we’re capable of provide clear, important steering to youth within the state of Missouri.”

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About LSEM
Authorized Providers of Jap Missouri advances justice by way of authorized illustration, schooling and supportive providers. We associate with the neighborhood to enhance lives, promote equity and create alternatives for these in want. Our promise to the neighborhood is ACTION. JUSTICE. HOPE.  We ACT for others; we’re a voice for JUSTICE; and our actions present HOPE. Since 1956, now we have offered free authorized assist for greater than 1 million low-income people/households with civil points impacting housing, household regulation, public advantages, shopper fraud, healthcare, kids’s well-being, particular schooling and aid from home violence.  In recent times, providers have expanded to handle the particular wants of immigrant households, neighborhood financial improvement and small-business and minority entrepreneurs. Authorized Providers now has 4 places of work – St. Louis Metropolis, St. Louis County, Hannibal and Union – that serve 21 Missouri counties from the Iowa border to Potosi, Missouri.

About Enterprise Holdings
Enterprise Holdings Inc. is a number one supplier of mobility options, proudly owning and working the Enterprise Hire-A-Automobile, Nationwide Automobile Rental and Alamo Hire A Automobile manufacturers by way of its built-in international community of impartial regional subsidiaries. Enterprise Holdings and its associates provide intensive automotive rental, carsharing, truck rental, fleet administration, retail automotive gross sales, in addition to journey administration and different transportation providers, to make journey simpler and extra handy for purchasers. Privately held by the Taylor household of St. Louis, Enterprise Holdings along with its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Administration manages a various fleet of two.1 million autos by way of a community of greater than 10,000 absolutely staffed neighborhood and airport rental places in additional than 90 nations and territories.

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