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States with higher scores tend to have comprehensive plans to end homelessness, entities dedicated to youth homelessness, and laws that protect the rights and dignity of homeless youth. The index has noted an improvement in state scores over time, indicating a growing awareness and response to the issue of youth homelessness. [7] [1] [6]
The stated mission of StandUp for Kids is to "End the Cycle of Youth Homelessness". StandUp for Kids volunteers work directly with the homeless youth population and go on the streets to find, stabilize, and otherwise help homeless and street kids. StandUp for Kids also provides deterrence and resource programs in schools and via the internet.
Arizona voters have approved a first-in-the-nation ballot initiative intended to force local police to crack down harder on homeless encampments. The statewide initiative — which was leading 58% ...
An Arizona migrant shelter that has housed thousands of asylum seekers plans to halt most operations in two weeks when funding from Washington runs out, a problem for towns along the border where ...
Homeless children sleeping in New York City, 1890. Photographed by Jacob Riis.. Youth homelessness is the problem of homelessness or housing insecurity amongst young people around the globe, extending beyond the absence of physical housing in most definitions and capturing familial instability, poor housing conditions, or future uncertainty (couch surfing, van living, hotels).
And while all kinds of different factors play a role in adult homelessness, the story among youth (8% of the local homeless population, or about 500 young adults in Travis County) is hauntingly ...
The Thomas J. Pappas Schools were a series of related alternative schools located in the Phoenix, Arizona area. A part of the Maricopa County Regional School District, the Thomas J. Pappas schools provided primary and secondary education to homeless children in the area.
Staff Sgt. Chad Wille thought he was doing the right thing three years ago when he went to his supervisor to report a claim that fellow National Guard troops traveling in an Humvee had been seen ...