Dayton's only homeless shelter for youth has announced a new leader.

After serving 15 years in mental health advocacy and leadership roles, Courtney Patel has accepted her new role as CEO of DAYBREAK.

DAYBREAK is the region’s only homeless shelter for youth, making the work they do even more impactful.

"Decided they wanted to take a little bit of a different direction and work with folks making an impact in my community where I live,” said Patel. “And DAYBREAK was a perfect opportunity to make that happen.

"When folks don't have their basic needs met, it leads to unfortunate outcomes later on in life. So having this opportunity, working with an organization like DAYBREAK to ensure that these youth have their basic needs met, helps hopefully prevent them from ever having to go to be pla

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