Supporting NYC's Young Fathers - City Limits

Supporting NYC's Young Fathers - City Limits

“Not having a home for me and my son made it even harder to get out of survival mode and learn to connect to him.” Families at a city-sponsored parent engagement event in 2015. (Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office) When I was 18 and became a father, I had no place of my own just to be with my son.  At the time, I was a youth in foster care. In my life I’d been homeless and slept on benches. I’d lost my mother and my cousin. I’d seen clo…