With a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Second Chance plans to hire 6 additional staff members, create a center where runaway and homeless teenage girls victimized by prostitution and human trafficking can drop-in, and create a street outreach program that will provide food, personal care items, and condoms to homeless youth. The shelter for teenage girls is expected to open in January in central Toledo and will consist of an eight-bed shelter that will recommend services and mental health counseling for victims and survivors.

Second Chance is pleased to announce the recent grant award of $20,000 from the Toledo Community Foundation. The grant money will be used to maintain current staff members.