dr. antoinette mitchell, assistant superintendent of post and secondary career education for the office of the state superintendent of education. dr. henson is president and ceo of covenant house washington. and christopher hall is a 21-year-old who is benefitting from the career pathways program. welcome all you have to "viewpoint." >> thank you. >> covenant house young people helps with homelessness, physical and sexual abuse kids who drop out of school and kids who need vocational training and career but homelessness is one of your big problems right now, isn't it? >> homelessness is for young people oftentimes they're called the invisible young group, you don't see a lot of homeless young people on the streets. it is a big issue. it is one where we talk about 18 to 24-year-olds who are a core group of young people because of challenges of affordable housing, because they're changing their lifestyles or whose families are at a point of saying you're old enough to get out early. it's a major challenge for us here in the nation's capital. >> and you don't find many homeless youth sitting