ATLANTA — A local charity focused on youth homelessness is holding their annual Sleep Out fundraiser on Friday evening.

Covenant House is a charity supporting homeless youth in Atlanta with a mission to raise awareness.

Covenant House Georgia CEO Kara Stimpson says about 300 people will be sleeping out in the cold at Truist Park on Friday.

“The whole point is to bring awareness and visibility to what we would say is really an unseen crisis which is young adult homelessness,” Stimpson said.

Officials say more than 3,000 people between the ages of 18 and 24 are homeless in the metro Atlanta area.

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