For more than 40 years, Palmetto Place has been a home for kids and teens who have been abused, neglected or abandoned. We welcome these kids into our home with open arms and loving hearts. Over the years, more than 7,500 children and teens have called our house their home and refer to Palmetto Place as their family. Since our inception in 1977, we have been a safe haven and home for more than 7,500 children in foster care. Since 2012, we have provided a safe and nurturing home preparing more than 450 homeless youth for independence and self sustainability. In 2018, we added the Aftercare Program to our Unaccompanied Youth Program, providing a continuum of care for 12 months after residents become independent. It's imperative to carry on the supportive, positive adult relationship for our residents. In 2019, we added the Pregnant and Parenting Teen Program to our congregate care home and had since served more than 25 teen mothers. In 2021, we increased our scattered-site housing options for unaccompanied youth. In 2022 we plan to continue to expand our scattered-site housing to meet the demands of affordable housing needs for youth. We continue to expand our services to the community and, most notably, the children and youth who need the most support. Housing currently is not affordable, and with the added barrier many of our youth faces, our support is needed more than ever. Today we have two locations in the Midlands and between our two houses, we have a combined capacity for 30 bed for our youth. Palmetto Place is more than a shelter, for some of our kids, we're the only home and only family they've ever known. While living with us, they have access to a broad range of services focusing on personal healing and development and include medical attention, mental health care, crisis adjustment and transitional counseling. We help our kids set goals for education and employment, and then make sure they have the resources to reach their goals. Our teens learn the life skills necessary for independence, so when they leave Palmetto Place they can be successful.