A record number of young people experiencing homelessness are walking through the doors at Outreach's Near East Side Program Center not just for food or clothing, but to find community, hope and a sense of belonging.

When you walk inside the doors of Outreach, you'll hear laughter. The people who work there and visit for assistance say it's a place where young people can build a community.

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"The people here are amazing," Benjamin Garber said.

Garber was honest about where he is in life and where he wants to be.

"I wanna have a job, kids, a wife. You know I want people that can look up to me and be a leader in the community, not this. Not waking up on concrete," Garber said.

After leaving home at 17 years old, Garber says he's been on the streets.

"I'm a felon,

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