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  2. Youth homelessness - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Foyer (housing model) - Wikipedia

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    The Foyer housing model is a method of transitional housing for youth that evolved from temporary housing for laborers in Europe. After World War II, foyers were used to provide accommodation for a movement of people from rural France to cities seeking work.

  4. YMCA of the USA - Wikipedia

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    YMCA of Greater Seattle turned its former residence into transitional housing for former foster care and currently homeless youth, aged 18 to 25. This YMCA operates six transitional housing programs and 20 studio apartments. These services are offered at their Young Adult drop-in center in Seattle, Washington. [17]

  5. Funding crisis forces KC’s only LGBTQ+ youth shelter ... - AOL

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    Several other nonprofits in the metro only take in queer youth under 18 and over the age of 24, according to McLaughlin, so Pride Haven provided a way to fill in a niche gap in care for that age ...

  6. This tiny apartment costs $7 a month. Scoring one is like ...

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    Kim Do-yeon, a new tenant for the $7 apartment for youths, stands inside her room in Dongjak district in Seoul. The studio apartment Choi Soul recently scored might have the cheapest monthly rent ...

  7. Transitional housing - Wikipedia

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    The cost of transitional housing is the same or less expensive than emergency shelters. But, due to the on site services, transitional tends to be more expensive than permanent supportive housing. [1] In the USA, federal funding for transitional housing programs was originally allocated in the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1986. [2]

  8. Homelessness in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Texas, California and Florida have the highest numbers of unaccompanied homeless youth under the age of 18; comprising 58% of the total homeless under 18 youth population. [59] Street children in the United States tend to stay in the state. 83% do not leave their state of origin. [128]

  9. Fort Lauderdale philanthropists create housing option for ...

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    According to a Covenant House survey, LGBTQ+ youth make up only seven percent of the total U.S. youth population, yet they comprise an astounding 40 percent of all young people who are unhoused in ...