teenage homelessness
DESCRIPTION
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TEENAGE HOMELESSNESS
ONA KELLER
DEFINITION
No consistent, safe place to live
STATISTICS• Estimates range from 1.6 – 2.8 million homeless teens
• Equal numbers of males and females
• Most homeless youth are between the ages of 15-17
• 10% pregnant
• 20-40% LGBT
• 50% high school dropouts
CAUSES
Family problems
Economic problems
Residential instability
LGBT HOMELESS TEENAGERS
LGBT HOMELESS TEENAGERS
Higher risk for:
• Drug addiction
• Prostitution
• Sexual and physical abuse
• Depression
Need LGBT-specific outreach and shelters
• Access to information is key
• Building trust takes time
• Offer a range of services
OUTREACH
RESOURCES• Forty to None Project: www.FortyToNone.org
• National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-RUNAWAY, www.1800runaway.org
• National Coalition for the Homeless: www.NationalHomeless.org
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Homelessness Resource Center: http://homeless.samhsa.gov
REFERENCESAviles de Bradley, A. (2011). Unaccompanied homeless youth: Intersections of homelessness, school experiences and educational policy. Child and Youth Services, 32, 155-172.
National Coalition for the Homeless (2008). Homeless Youth. Retrieved from: http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/youth.html
National Runaway Switchboard. (2010). Why They Run. Retrieved from: http://www.1800runaway.org/learn/research/why_they_run/
report/
Oliveira, J., & Burke, P. (2009). Lost in the shuffle: Culture of homeless adolescents. Pediatric Nursing, 35(3), 154-161.
Schwartz, M., Sorensen, H., Ammerman, S., & Bard, E. (2008). Exploring the relationship between homelessness and delinquency: A
snapshot of a group of homeless youth in San Jose, California. Child Adolescent Social Work, 25, 255-269.
Whitbeck, L., Chen, X., Hoyt, D., Tyler, K., & Johnson, K. (2004). Mental disorder, subsistence strategies, and victimization among gay, lesbian, and bisexual homeless and runaway adolescents. The Journal of Sex Research, 41(4), 329-342.