All posts tagged "homeless youth"

Homeless Youth Have Much Harder Time in Certain States, Report Finds

Dealing with homelessness is difficult under the best of circumstances, but some state laws make life even more challenging for runaway and...

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Alone Without a Home: A National Review of State Laws Affecting Unaccompanied Youth

Author(s): The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Network for Youth Published: Feb. 13, 2019 Report Intro/Brief: “Each year, an...

2018 Homeless Report to Congress; black and white pictures of young homeless people

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The 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress

The Department of Housing and Urban Development releases its latest report to congress on homelessness in America. It shows slight declines in...

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2008 Recession Helped Create Many More Homeless Youth, Expert Says

Medical sociologist Eric Wright’s work has taken him into parks, abandoned buildings, shelters and other places off the beaten path.

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The Young and Homeless Have Hard Time Avoiding Arrest

They’re on our streets. In our schools and colleges. They’ve probably taken your fast-food order. But you wouldn’t know it.

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Toward a System Response to Ending Youth Homelessness

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall analyzed data from 16 communities in 10 states to write this report showing the...

homeless youth: Vulnerable Teenage Girl Sleeping On The Street

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Surveys Driven by Homeless Youth Show Others Undercount, Chapin Hall Report Finds

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall have found that traditional homelessness surveys seem to miss large swaths of young people....

runaway and homeless youth grants: young person sitting with head in hands on side of a street

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Runaway and Homeless Youth Services Centers Program Grants

Subject: Youth Welfare, Runaway Youth, Homeless Youth, Youth Services, Safety Counseling, Health | Deadline: July 5, 2018 | Amount: $50,000 - $200,000

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Missed Opportunities: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in America

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall recently produced this report showing the disproportionate struggles LGBTQ youth experience as they are...

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Homeless and Street Youth Services Program Grants

Subject: Street Youth, Homeless Youth, Youth Welfare, Youth Services, Safety | Deadline: June 20, 2018 | Amount: $90,000 - $150,000

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Homeless and Runaway Youth Services Program Grants

Subject: Homeless Youth, Runaways, Youth Welfare, Safety | Deadline: Apr. 5, 2018 | Amount: $100,000 - $283,322

The Foster Care Housing Crisis

The Chronicle of Social Change produced this first-of-its-kind report which details the growing problem of the national foster care housing crisis, in...

Street Youth Outreach and Services Program Grants

Subject: Youth Welfare, Safety, Youth Development, Homeless/Street Youth | Deadline: Mar. 11, 2018

Runaway and Homeless Youth Basic Services Center Program Grants

Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Runaways, Homeless Youth, Safety, Counseling | Deadline: Mar. 11, 2018

Basic Services Center Programs for Homeless Youth Grants

Subject: Youth Welfare, Homeless Youth, Runaway Youth, Safety, Counseling | Deadline: July 14, 2017

More Than a Place to Sleep: Understanding the Health and Well-Being of Homeless High School Students

This recent report from the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness uses data from the Centers for Disease Control's 2015 Youth Risk...