Youth Today
All posts tagged "homelessness"
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayThe Self-sufficiency of Youth in Care Can Hurt Them in College
Students who have experienced foster care or homelessness are often doing it all: managing complicated and ever-changing family situations, carrying out adult-level...
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3.0KNewsHomelessness Advocates Tell of New Successes Via State Legislation
Some laws can make life exceptionally difficult for homeless and runaway youth. Whether it’s requiring parental consent to receive health care or...
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24.6KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Aging Out of Foster Care Need a Runway, Not a Cliff
Toni should be celebrating. She’s part of a rarified group — the 10 percent of students at four-year public colleges who graduate...
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3.0K► NewsmakersCasey Trupin is New Director of Youth Homelessness at Raikes Foundation
Casey Trupin is the new director for youth homelessness at the Seattle-based Raikes Foundation. His appointment comes as his successor, Katie Hong,...
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2.0K► ReportsAlone 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...
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5.9KNewsHomeless Youth Are Virtually Invisible in Asheville — and Try to Keep It That Way
As thousands of tourists fawn each year over the opulent trappings of western North Carolina’s Biltmore Estates — a four football-field-sized homage...
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3.3KNewsYV LifeSet Program Teaches Skills Youth in Foster Care Miss
A chance invitation freed Elizabeth Turner from the revolving door of the North Carolina foster care system and homelessness and set her...
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3.5KNewsCharlotte Nonprofit Raises Private Funds to House Couch-surfing Youth
Keiston Davis regained his life when he almost lost it.
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2.5K► ReportsThe 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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2.7KNews2008 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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1.4K► ReportsToward 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...
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Chapin Hall Report Finds Homelessness Risk Assessment Tool Highly Accurate
As the number of homeless youths continues to grow in many large cities and small towns across the U.S., how should communities...
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3.5KNewsHomeless Youth As Prevalent in Rural Areas As in Cities, But Have Fewer Resources
A national report released today dramatically counters the notion that youth homelessness is mostly a big-city problem.
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5.1KGuest Opinion EssayState Index to Help Guide Youth Homelessness Work
Here’s a question for you: Does a young person from Kansas deserve to be homeless more than a young person from California?...
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1.6KGrantsCO Children/Family Support, Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Homeless Services and Social Work Education Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Family Support, Education, Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Homelessness, Social Services | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2018 | Amount: $500 - $1,500
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayPost-traumatic Growth: Hope Is a Strategy, Not a Feeling
When a young person experiences trauma, there is no single answer regarding how that experience may impact them in their later years....
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8.0KFrom the BureausHow Homelessness Crisis in LA Affects Aged-out Foster Youth
Doniesha Thomas is in her bedroom, crouching on the floor and peering into a pet carrier that appears empty. “He’s in there,...
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2.5KNewsOlder Justice-involved Youth Have Unique Needs When Released, Report Says
A new report from a coalition of juvenile justice organizations is intended to help communities better serve people 18 to 24 who...
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3.5KNewsLGBTQ Youth More Likely to Become Homeless, Latest Chapin Hall Report Finds
Lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer youths have nearly double the risk of winding up homeless as their straight peers — and...
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5.9KFrom the BureausLos Angeles’ Vast Child Welfare System Has a Lot to Teach Rest of Nation
You can only find the entrance to the RightWay Foundation if you’re really looking for it. Hidden deep within the parking structure...
