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Title Runaway and homeless youth / Josiah Hughes and Isiah Wright, editors.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Social issues, justice and status series
Social issues, justice and status series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Homeless youth in the United States : recent research findings and intervention approaches / Paul A. Toro, Amy Dworsky, and Patrick J. Fowler -- Promising strategies to end youth homelessness / U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services -- Runaway and homeless youth : demographics and programs / Adrienne L. Fernandes -- Runaway and homeless youth : re-authorization legislation and issues in the 110th Congress / Adrienne L. Fernandes -- Runaway, homeless, and missing children : perspectives on helping the nation's vulnerable youth : hearing before the Subcommitee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives / U.S. Government Printing Office -- Living on the street : finding solutions to protect runaway and homeless youth, hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress / U.S. Government Printing Office.
Summary In this volume, the editors present research that outlines the characteristics of street youth and homeless teens. The editors first present a paper reporting that youth may be the single age group most at risk of becoming homeless, yet comparatively little research has been done in the past decade on this vulnerable population. After reviewing the characteristics of homeless youth, the editors review recent research findings on the homeless youth population and interventions developed to address their housing and service needs. These include interventions directed at youth themselves (education, employment, social skills training) as well as family-focused strategies. The third paper presented by the editors discusses the definition of the term "runaway youth" or "homeless youth". Both groups of youth share the risk of not having adequate shelter and other provisions, and may engage in harmful behaviors while away from a permanent home. The precise number of homeless and runaway youth is unknown due to their residential mobility and overlap among the populations. Determining the number of these youth is further complicated by the lack of a standardized methodology for counting the population and inconsistent definitions of what it means to be homeless or a runaway. Estimates of the homeless youth exceed one million. Thus homelessness among adolescents and young adults has become a major social concern in the United States. The editors conclude with a paper that provides an overview of U.S. Government action on behalf of assisting and preventing homelessness among minors. The final section features transcripts of hearings held before both the United States' Senate and Congress held in 2007 and 2008 that pertain to helping these minors and to lessen, and working to eliminate the problem in the future.
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Subject Runaway teenagers -- United States.
Runaway teenagers.
United States.
Homeless youth -- United States.
Homeless youth.
Runaway teenagers -- United States -- Service for.
Homeless youth -- United States -- Service for.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Hughes, Josiah, editor.
Wright, Isiah, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Runaway and homeless youth. New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2010] 9781607415213 (DLC) 2009038414 (OCoLC)432990870
ISBN 9781536113709 (electronic book)
1536113700 (electronic book)
9781607415213
1607415216