Youth Today
All posts tagged "youth homelessness"
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3.2KNewsCan affordable housing make the “low-pay, low-opportunity” afterschool field fairer for workers?
“Workers in these spaces are undervalued,” said University of Minnesota professor Dale Blyth.
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4.4KNewsHomeless LGBTQ youth risk discrimination and harassment when seeking help
LGBTQ youth are disproportionately homeless, facing unique challenges in finding affirming shelter.
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3.3KOpinionFrom the mouth of babes: Letting young people lead us to a new vision of justice
To create positive change we must listen to the people impacted by juvenile justice.
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3.1KNewsReport: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes
By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.
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2.1KNewsHomeless shelters aren’t equipped to deal with New Mexico’s most troubled foster kids. Police see it for themselves.
"What we’re doing here?” a sheriff’s deputy asked his supervisor after a shelter call.
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2.6KNewsCan Cleveland reduce the harm eviction does to Black families?
Evictions can have far-reaching consequences beyond a miserable day with a housing magistrate.
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4.1KNewsAs shelters face staffing crunch, some homeless teens are left with few safe options
Homeless teenagers and young adults are arriving at emergency shelters with more acute needs, but shelter providers strained of adequate staff and...
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2.0KNewsThese foster kids need mental health care. New Mexico is putting them in homeless shelters.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Hours after Jaidryon Platero attempted suicide, an employee of New Mexico’s child welfare agency visited...
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3.8K► PodcastsYouth leaving foster care, juvenile and other systems are aim of Washington housing effort
Implemented in June, HB 1905 establishes a five-year budget of over $5 million to reduce homelessness among those aforementioned groups. Washington’s Office of...
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2.7K► PodcastsMore housing resources go to young Washingtonians leaving state custody. Is it enough?
Young people eventually released from Washington state’s foster care, juvenile or mental and behavioral health systems often do so without having reliable,...
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6.0KNewsNot enough beds, services for homeless youth in New Mexico
“Youth homelessness is largely hidden,” said Forrest Verde-Dudek, housing youth project manager for the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. “They might...
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3.8KNews‘There’s no safe place’: One queer youth shelter serves all of New Mexico
LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides...
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2.9KNews‘I try my hardest’: Homeless youth fight substance abuse in New Mexico
New Mexico lacks treatment facilities to help housing insecure youth struggling with addiction. Serenity Mesa in Albuquerque, one of the only programs...
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2.6KNewsTackling youth homelessness in New Mexico
New Mexico consistently ranks toward the bottom among states for child welfare. In an under-resourced state with an overburdened system, a tight-knit group...
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2.2KOpinionDepartment of Education, act now to empower youth experiencing homelessness
Throughout my final years of high school and college, I was homeless and on my own, without a parent or guardian to...
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2.6KOpinionThe Remix with Karen Pittman: Ensuring youth access to people, places and possibilities
Youth don’t grow up in programs or systems, they grow up in communities. The outreach staff who innovated their work with homeless...
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3.6K► PodcastsUpended by COVID-19, some nonprofits went online, on the road and otherwise innovated to aid homeless youth
As COVID-19 upended their usual protocols, some nonprofits that didn’t manage to alter their outreach strategies saw the tally of homeless youth...
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4.3KFrom the BureausDisabilities sometimes go undiagnosed in homeless students targeted by new federal education funds, experts say
The $800 million that the American Rescue Plan earmarked for homeless students is the largest such federal expenditure in a decade, with...
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10.0KFrom the BureausA New York City initiative will Venmo homeless youth and young adults cash for rent
Next month, a $2 million pilot project will deposit $550 twice a month into the bank accounts of 30 to 40 homeless,...
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4.0K► ReportsSupportive housing for young people formerly in foster care
The Urban Institute takes a look at the current state of supportive housing for former foster youth across the nation; discussing the...
