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All posts tagged "homeless youth"
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3.7KNewsDocumentary on Homeless Teens in Chicago Aims to ‘Show the Struggle’
Think being a teenager was tough? Imagine going through that period without a steady roof over your head. That’s the tale that...
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2.4KNewsCatching Emotional and Developmental Problems in Homeless Children
A look inside the state’s homeless shelters quickly reveals a sobering fact — many residents are children. And a substantial number of...
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Beyond 4 Walls and a Roof – Addressing Homelessness Among Transgender Youth
The Center for American Progress outlines the unique social and economic struggles the ever-growing population of homeless transgender youth face across the...
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Basic Center Program – Grants for Community-Based Programs Servicing Runaway and Homeless Youth
Subject: Homeless Youth, Runaways, Safety, Youth Welfare | Deadline: Apr. 10, 2015
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The National Center on Employment and Homelessness (NCEH) – The Connections Project
Subject: Employment, Job Training, Homelessness, Youth Homelessness, Youth Employment | Deadline: Feb. 20, 2015 (Letters of intent due.)
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1.9KNewsCovenant House Wraps Support Around Homeless Teens
Three nights a week Todd Wilcher gets in a van and drives down Atlanta streets. He stops at the places homeless kids...
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America’s Youngest Outcasts – A Report Card of Child Homelessness
This new research report by the National Center on Family Homelessness finds that the number of homeless children in the United States...
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1.9KNewsReporter’s Notebook: Record 2.5 Million U.S. Children Homeless in 2013
Child homelessness in the United States hit a record high in 2013, afflicting nearly 2.5 million children, or one in 30, according...
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2.0KNewsMusic Program Helps Homeless, Runaway Youth Follow their Dreams
At 14, Kayla Avitabile is the artist-in-residence at Valley Youth House, which provides shelter and services for homeless and runaway kids through...
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Housing for Youth Aging out of Foster Care
A report released by The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development which documents the current inadequacy of housing support systems for...
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Grants to Address Trafficking within the Child Welfare Population
Subject: Child Welfare, Safety, Homeless, Runaway, Foster | Deadline: Jul 22, 2014
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1.9KNews‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’ create Atlanta haven for homeless LGBTQ youth
Rick Westrook remembers the day he tried to find a place in Atlanta for a homeless teenager to stay overnight. He'll never...
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983NewsNew Campaign Demands Feds Expand Efforts to Reduce Youth Homelessness
The National Coalition for the Homeless and the Ali Forney Center, a New York-based program that offers housing and other services to...
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Number of Homeless U.S. Schoolchildren Hits Record High
WASHINGTON – The number of homeless children enrolled in U.S. public schools rose 10 percent in the 2011-12 school year to...
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Homeless Programs Hit Skid Row
Vicki Wagner: Not going away Last month, Vicki Wagner took a call from the National Council on Accreditation, which was trying to...
