Youth homelessness
More Than Just A Roof: California State Action Plan to End Youth Homelessness
... that homelessness takes a serious toll on the lives of youth through increased rates of mental health and substance abuse disorders, unemployment, and lower educational ...homeless youth of today ...
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SUPPORTING HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD: A PLAN TO PREVENT AND REDUCE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
... 5.2 Youth Leadership and Engagement According to the Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement, youth engagement is meaningful participation and sustained involvement of a young person in an ...
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Youth homelessness and substance use: report to the drugs and alcohol research unit
... The findings reported here suggest that local policies and circumstances have the greatest impact on provision, resulting in some differing responses to youth homelessness and substance use across the four ...
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Preventing youth homelessness : an international review of evidence
... the youth homelessness interventions in place in Wales, and to locate these in the context of the international evidence ...facing homelessness which can be accessed by young people were not included ...
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Preventing youth homelessness : an international review of evidence
... Interventions focused on reducing poverty, increasing incomes, and improving access to affordable housing for families in poverty can effectively reduce the risk factors of youth homelessness. Preventative ...
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Preventing youth homelessness : an international review of evidence
... support youth homelessness ...prepare youth for independent ...to homelessness for many ...support youth during these transitions include: youth-led discharge planning that ...
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HOW WE RE SOLVING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IN KING COUNTY HOME: A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN, DREAM AND GROW
... youth homelessness. One of the results is a collaborative plan to prevent youth from becoming homeless and to immediately surround those who are with the support and services they need to leave ...
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Preventing youth homelessness: An assessment of local approaches
... prevent youth homelessness within a local authority, in addition to strategies created to support a young person at risk of homelessness, also vary from authority to ...tackle homelessness ...
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Opening Doors: Preventing Youth Homelessness Through Housing and Education Collaboration
... of youth homelessness. This article divides homeless youth into two main subgroups: unaccompanied youth and youth in ...unaccompanied youth category illustrates the varied causes ...
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Does school attendance reduce the risk of youth homelessness in Tanzania?
... of youth homelessness internationally, organizations tend to focus on offering ser- vices to assist these “street children” with a goal of remov- ing them from the streets and re-integrating them with their ...
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Youth homelessness : social and symptomatic correlates
... These statistical data suggest that the possibility of sexual abuse as a factor in females failing to return home cannot be ignored, and could be the subject of future research on homeless youth. The finding of ...
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Youth Homelessness: The Impact of Supportive Relationships on Recovery
... Homeless youth are exposed to significant negative social and health challenges that serve as risks for poor social outcomes (Dawson & Jackson, ...homeless youth population often result from ...
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Victimization and Homelessness: How Collaborative Court Models are Addressing the Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth
... provide youth with a safety net to prevent homelessness before conflict renders them vulnerable to ...preventing youth homelessness within the trafficked youth population would be to ...
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Young people and homelessness
... Research found that becoming homeless can lead to an escalation of drug use, in some cases. About 20 per cent of young people reported that they began to use drugs after they became homeless, predominantly because it was ...
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The culture of homelessness: An ethnographic study
... Preoccupation with examining the street lifestyles of the hard-core remnant meant that begging was reintroduced into the political arena and was clamped down on (Rough Sleepers Unit 2001; Danczuk 2000; Fitzpatrick and ...
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TACKLING ETHNIC MINORITY HOMELESSNESS
... homelessness by ensuring housing services are culturally sensitive; improve signposting and referrals between statutory and voluntary sectors. The project will also deliver education and training with a view to ...
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Comprehensive Plan to Prevent and End Youth and Young Adult (YYA) Homelessness in King County by Comprehensive Plan Refresh May 2015
... and youth under 18 (Toro, Lesperance, & ...receiving homelessness related services in King County, and Youth Housing Connection data on homeless young adults seeking housing in King ...
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Homelessness and access to the informational mainstream
... Most homeless people cannot afford to isolate themselves from their peers, who they rely on for emotional and material support. Therefore, to survive day-to-day, an individual may be forced to adhere to certain ...
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Experiences of Homelessness and Brain Injury
... and homelessness is not established, yet studies have shown very high rates (70% 8 and 90% 9 ) of homeless people with a brain injury reporting their first injury occurring before they became ...in ...
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Gender and Experiences of Family Homelessness
... of homelessness have different pathways into homelessness than single adults or ...of homelessness. Common factors in pathways to family homelessness include violence, family separation, ...
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