dr. mainy henson is ceo of covenant house, one of the largest organizations helping youth in our region anddelante jones in 1 2 2 he is a covenant house youth. can we begin with those numbers? that are tough to nail down because many homeless young people aren't seen or heard. >> that is correct. they are, in fact, invisible to many people. so when you think of homeless many people think of that person that they see on the park bench or standing beside the tunnel, but for homeless youth they are actually fairly resourceful at those ages so they are couch surfing with family members or someone for period of time. because it's invisible people don't understand the magnitude of the issue. >> guy, after years of rising homelessness d.c.'s population of those who are chronically homeless actually dipped earlier this year. what's been the biggest factor there would you say? >> the biggest factor for the dip in homelessness? >> uh-huh. >> well, i'd love to say that, you know, covenant house has come up with a model of success in terms of youth homelessness and there's not really a seek res sauce o