Davonta Sellers, 22, xav ua kom tiav tsev kawm ua noj. Nws rov qab los ntawm 57 pawg tsev ua ntej laus tawm ntawm txoj kev tu menyuam. "Kuv tsis paub yog tias tib neeg nkag siab tias peb coob leej tau yug los rau hauv txoj kev ua neej no. Peb tawm hauv peb tsev vim yog peb niam peb txiv yuam kev, ”nws hais. (Courtesy of Davonta Sellers)
Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 5 feeb

Wisconsin Saib yog lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig thiab tsis koom nrog xov xwm. Subscribe rau peb tsab ntawv xov xwm kom tau txais peb cov dab neeg tshawb nrhiav thiab xov xwm hnub Friday sib sau ua ke.

Davonta Sellers raug tshem tawm ntawm nws tsev neeg txoj kev saib xyuas thaum muaj 2 xyoos. Tam sim no thaum muaj hnub nyoog 22 xyoos, nws tseem ua haujlwm nrhiav kev ruaj ntseg. 

Cov neeg muag khoom, zoo li ntau lwm cov tub ntxhais hluas hauv Milwaukee, tau siv nws cov tub ntxhais hluas tag nrho hauv thiab tawm ntawm kev tu menyuam thiab pab pawg tsev ua ntej nws yuav ntsib kev tsis muaj tsev nyob thaum nws tseem hluas thiab mus rau neeg laus. 

Nws hais tias "Kuv nyob nrog kuv thawj tus niam yug los txog thaum kuv muaj 5 xyoos, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tsis xav tau kuv ntxiv lawm vim kuv tus cwj pwm," nws hais. "Txij thaum ntawd los, kuv ib txwm mus nrog cov neeg hauv tsev neeg, mus rau hauv tsev tu menyuam tshiab lossis ib pab pawg tshiab hauv tsev." 

Cov neeg muag khoom yeej tsis muaj lub tsev ruaj khov rov qab mus, yog li thaws rov qab yog nws txoj kev xaiv nkaus xwb. Qhov tsis muaj kev ruaj ntseg yog ib qho laj thawj uas ntau tus tub ntxhais hluas Milwaukee xaus rau cov neeg laus tsis muaj tsev nyob. 

Raws li cov National Foster Youth Institute, tom qab muaj hnub nyoog 18 xyoo, 20% ntawm cov menyuam yaus hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas uas tau txais kev pab tu yuav dhau los ua neeg tsis muaj tsev nyob. 

Cov neeg muag khoom nkag mus rau cov neeg laus tawm tsam nrhiav vaj tse ruaj khov thiab tsis muaj tsev nyob rau ib ntus. Tab sis Cov neeg taug kevNws hais tias, ib lub koom haum Milwaukee uas pab cov tub ntxhais hluas nrog kev nyuaj siab hauv vaj tse, tau pab nws nrhiav hauj lwm hauv ib lub chaw lom zem hauv zos, nws hais tias, ua rau nws taug txoj kev mus rau kev ruaj ntseg. 

"Thaum kawg kuv suav, kuv tau nyob ib ncig ntawm 57 pawg tsev," Cov neeg muag khoom hais. "Thaum cov no tsis ua haujlwm, kuv tau pw ntawm chaw nres tsheb npav, hauv chaw ua si, tsev pheeb suab, kuv cov phooj ywg hauv qab daus, txawm tias lub luag haujlwm cawm." 

Yuav ua li cas raug mob raws li yav tas los tu cov hluas

Cov neeg muag khoom tam sim no cuam tshuam nrog kev raug mob lingering - thiab npau taws - los ntawm kev loj hlob tsis ruaj khov. Nws txiv tau nyob hauv thiab tawm hauv tsev lojcuj, nws hais tias, thiab nws tau ntsib "kev tsim txom" ntawm nws pog lub tsev. 

Cov neeg muag khoom hais tias "Yog li, thaum kuv tsis tau coj mus, kuv tau tawm ntawm kuv tus kheej," 

"Raws li kuv kawm thiab loj hlob, kuv tseem nyuaj rau zam txim rau kuv yav dhau los, vim nws yuav tsum tsis txhob mus zoo li ntawd," Cov neeg muag khoom hais. "Kuv paub tias kuv tau raug kev txom nyem los ntawm qee yam ntawm kuv tus cwj pwm, tab sis kuv npau taws heev, thiab tib neeg tsis tau sim nkag siab." 

Qhov ntawd yog ib qho kev paub dhau los rau cov tub ntxhais hluas txoj kev txhawb nqa, hais tias Audra O'Connell, tus thawj coj ntawm Walker Cov Hluas Lub Chaw thiab Lub Chaw Hauv Tsev Neeg, ib lub koom haum uas muab kev pabcuam rau cov tub ntxhais hluas uas khiav tawm, tsis muaj tsev nyob lossis ntsib lwm yam teeb meem. Nws hais tias nyob ib ncig ntawm 40% ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas nws pab pawg ua haujlwm luv luv nrhiav kev ruaj ntseg ua ntej nws poob vim lawv tsis muaj chaw tso, tso lawv qhov chaw lossis raug ncaws tawm. 

“Tib neeg feem ntau cuam tshuam kev raug mob nrog tus cwj pwm phem. Lawv ua rau ob leeg tsis meej pem vim lawv tsis nkag siab txog cov tub ntxhais hluas, "said Deshanda Clark, tus lwm thawj coj ntawm cov kev pabcuam thiab kev pabcuam ntawm Pathfinders. "Tib neeg tsis mloog cov tub ntxhais hluas, thiab thaum lawv tawm tswv yim rau lawv tus kheej, nws pom tias tsis hwm." 

Walker's Point Youth and Family Center tab tom pom cov tub ntxhais hluas coob zuj zus tuaj uas xav tau kev noj qab haus huv puas hlwb thaum muaj kev cuam tshuam rau COVID-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw, O'Connell tau hais.  

O'Connell tau hais tias "Txij li thaum muaj kev sib kis, kev nyuaj siab, kev ntxhov siab thiab kev xav tua tus kheej los ntawm lub ru tsev," O'Connell tau hais. "Cov tub ntxhais hluas raug yuam kom nyob rau hauv cov xwm txheej uas tej zaum yuav tsis zoo rau lawv vim yog COVID." 

Nws hais tias vim tias muaj ntau qhov kev pabcuam tau txo qis thaum muaj kev sib kis, lub chaw tau pom ntau tus tub ntxhais hluas uas xav tau txoj sia nyob xws li kev khiav thiab cov neeg muaj kev kub ntxhov hauv tsev. 

"Peb nyuam qhuav pib pom qhov kev poob qis los ntawm kev poob thiab qhov xwm txheej ntawm tus kabmob kis thoob plaws hauv peb txoj haujlwm. Cov tsev neeg uas tuaj rau peb muaj kev sib tw ntau dua, "Wisconsin Department of Children and Families tau hais hauv email. “Lawv tab tom cuam tshuam nrog cov xwm txheej nyuaj thiab raug mob ntau dua. Qhov ntawd kuj muaj tseeb ntawm peb cov hluas. Peb tab tom ua haujlwm hnyav los tsom rau kev txhim kho peb txoj kev saib xyuas cov tub ntxhais hluas laus tshwj xeeb. " 

Muaj cov tub ntxhais kawm tsis muaj tsev nyob

Tab sis pab pawg ua haujlwm rau cov neeg tsis muaj tsev - txawm tias cov hluas lossis cov neeg laus - feem ntau suav cov pej xeem, ua rau nws nyuaj rau kev nkag siab txog qhov kev sib tw tag nrho. 

Milwaukee Public Schools 'Kev Kawm Tsis Muaj Tsev Nyob Hauv Tsev, uas pab cov tsev neeg thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm uas tsis muaj tsev nyob, pom 4,041 tus tub ntxhais kawm cuv npe rau xyoo no, hais tias Megan O'Halloran, tus tswvcuab ntawm koog tsev kawm ntawv pawg thawj coj. Qhov ntawd suav nrog 816 cov tub ntxhais hluas uas tsis tau nrog - cov neeg nyob sib cais los ntawm niam txiv lossis tus saib xyuas. 

Cov tub ntxhais kawm tsis muaj tsev nyob uas tsis qhia lawv qhov xwm txheej lossis muaj niam txiv ua li ntawd yuav raug suav tsis txheeb. 

Clark hais tias "MPS tsis tuaj yeem suav cov menyuam kawm ntawv uas tsis mus kawm ntawv," "Tsis muaj kev piav qhia meej txog qhov teeb meem." 

Thiab thaum ib tug hluas dhau los ua neeg tsis muaj tsev nyob, Clark tau hais tias, lawv raug kev txom nyem los ntawm cov teeb meem loj dua - suav nrog cov neeg laus tsis ua hauj lwm los tiv thaiv lawv thiab ua piv txwv zoo.  

Nws tau hais tias "Vim li no ntau yam ntawm peb cov kev xav ua ntej txog cov tub ntxhais hluas - zoo li qhov peb pom lawv hauv qhov tsis zoo - tau txuas nrog lawv qhov tsis ruaj khov," nws hais. "Thaum lawv tuaj rau peb, lawv twb xav tias tsis muaj kev cia siab, yog li thaum peb ua tsis zoo rau lawv, lawv mob hnyav dua, thiab lawv tuaj yeem thim rov qab." 

Ntau tus tub ntxhais hluas tab tom ua neej nyob "lub neej laus" - ua rau lub nra uas ib txwm ntsib los ntawm ib tus neeg laus, Clark tau hais. “Ib txhia yog niam txiv lawm. Lawv ua hauj lwm thiab them nqi. Qee cov tub ntxhais hluas tsuas yog nyob ntawm MPS lub rooj sib tham sib ntaus sib tua rau lub lim tiam kawm ntawv luv dua kom lawv tuaj yeem ua haujlwm. " 

Multigenerational vaj tse instability

Cov kev tawm tsam zoo li no feem ntau dhau ntawm ntau tiam neeg. 

Clark tau hais tias "Qee cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab cov tub ntxhais hluas uas peb tab tom tswj hwm hnub no yog cov menyuam yaus ntawm cov neeg uas peb tau tswj hwm yav dhau los," Clark tau hais. “Thiab qee qhov ntawm no tuaj ntawm no rau kev pabcuam xwm txheej ceev nrog cov menyuam yaus ntawm lawv tus kheej. Cov hluas tsis muaj tsev nyob yog lub qhov rooj. " 

Christina Chronister Thomas hais tias "Txhua tus neeg xav pab tus menyuam yaus ntxim hlub, tab sis koj yuav tsum paub tias koj yuav tsum pab tsev neeg vim tias tus menyuam yaus uas koj saib xyuas, nws zoo li tus yuam sij rau tsev neeg," Christina Chronister Thomas, uas tau hais. tau txhawb cov hluas tau yuav luag peb xyoos. "Lub sijhawm ntawd thaum lawv nyob nrog koj, thiab lawv niam lawv txiv ua lawv txoj kev npaj, koj yuav tsum muaj kev txhawb nqa ntau npaum li cov niam txiv ib yam li koj rau cov menyuam." 

Chronister Thomas tau hais tias Wisconsin Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Menyuam Yaus thiab Tsev Neeg ua txoj haujlwm zoo ntawm kev cob qhia cov niam txiv, tab sis qhov kev cob qhia tib yam rau cov tub ntxhais hluas hauv lub cev tsis muaj. 

Nws txhawb nqa cov menyuam mos thiab tau tsim lub zej zog ze nrog lwm cov niam txiv tu.

Txawm hais tias muaj ntau cov ntaub ntawv hais txog yuav ua li cas cov me nyuam hauv kev tu me nyuam yuav tsum tau kho, qhov ntawd tsis yog ib txwm muaj thaum cov tub ntxhais hluas hnub nyoog tawm hauv lub cev.

Cov neeg muag khoom tau hais saum toj ntawm tag nrho nws cov teeb meem, ib zaug nws npaj txav mus rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm nws tus kheej, nws nrhiav tsis tau vaj tse. 

"Vim kuv tseem hluas heev thiab kuv tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa, nws nyuaj heev kom tau txais ib tus neeg xauj tsev rau kuv," nws hais. "Thiab nws nyuaj kom tau nyiaj txaus los them nqi." 

Clark tau hais tias Pathfinders tawm tswv yim thiab tsim kev sib raug zoo rau cov tub ntxhais hluas cov pab pawg.

Nws tau hais tias "Nws yog ntau qhov tsim kev sib raug zoo nrog cov tswv cuab vim tias tsis muaj leej twg xav mus xauj nrog tus menyuam yaus," nws hais. "Thiab tsis muaj chaw txaus rau tsev txhua tus los ntawm cov kev pabcuam uas twb muaj lawm." 

Tsim qhov chaw rau cov tub ntxhais hluas kom vam meej yog thawj kauj ruam mus rau kev rhuav tshem kev sib txuas ntawm cov hluas thiab cov neeg laus tsis muaj tsev nyob, Clark tau hais. 

Cov neeg muag khoom hais tias cov neeg tiag tiag uas xav pom nws ua tiav tau pab nws tshaj plaws.

"Kuv tsis paub yog tias tib neeg nkag siab tias peb coob leej tau yug los rau hauv txoj kev ua neej no. Peb tawm ntawm peb lub tsev vim yog qhov yuam kev lossis kev xaiv ntawm peb niam peb txiv, ”nws hais. “Koj yuav tsis nkag siab qhov peb mus txog thaum koj tsis muaj tsev nyob. Nws yog kev tawm tsam txhua hnub. "

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