Jana Peterson
The new United Way office next to Premiere Theatres in Cloquet has an sort of mini-apartment in the back where young people can find refuge in stressful times. Kids who are being removed from a situation of domestic violence, for example, could wait there instead of the back of a squad car for grandma and grandpa. Teenagers who are unhoused could meet with social workers and others there, take a shower, do laundry, peruse the donated clothing and tap into the new "host home program" spearheaded by United Way to find a place to live.
