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View Post: Looking out for today's adolescents: Manatee agencies to target ...
10 Nov 2009
That's why Family Resources and two other Manatee social service agencies are looking forward to the start of a new federally funded program that will target homeless people and runaways ages 25 and younger. Family Resources, Manatee Children's ... Walsh said she will seek out young people who need the program's services, working with hospitals, law enforcement and mental health officials. She plans trips to downtown events, malls, grocery stores and day-labor operations. ...
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View Post: PsycNET - Display Record
28 Oct 2008 by Kidd, Sean; Shahar, Golan  
Abuse, support, and depression among homeless and runaway adolescents. Journal of Health & Social Behavior, 41, 408-420. Baron, S. W. (1999). Street youth and substance use: The role of back-ground, subculture, and economic factors. ...
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View Post: Community Calendar :: Currents :: PIONEER PRESS :: Evanston Review
19 Nov 2009
Free one-on-one foreclosure counseling is available with a nonprofit U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-certified housing agency to homeowners with questions or concerns about their mortgages. ... Volunteer needs include meal preparation for shelters and other outreach programs, various support for a Health Outreach Bus, a Night Walk to increase awareness of the environment faced by homeless and runaway youth and a First Saturdays project suitable for groups ...
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View Post: Homeless under-16s unprotected by government policy - Children ...
2 Nov 2009
The report, which surveyed more than 100 children and young people living on the streets, found that more than two-thirds children experienced violence and mental health issues. ... She said they are not necessarily runaways as they may not been reported as missing, and would not be offically classed as homeless as they are under 16. "Those missed or failed by service providers resort to dangerous survival strategies on the streets and are at risk of harm and exploitation ...
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View Post: For Runaways, Sex Buys Survival « SWOP-LV NEWS
28 Oct 2009 by swoplv  
Nearly a third of the children who flee or are kicked out of their homes each year engage in sex for food, drugs or a place to stay, according to a variety of studies published in academic and public health journals. .... When recruiting, some pimps said they prowled homeless shelters, bus stations and shopping malls or posed in newspaper advertisements as photographers and talent scouts. Others said they worked Internet chat rooms and phone-sex lines. ...
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View Post: OBAMA CONSIDERS CHEMTRAILS
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View Post: Think Out Loud No Place to Call Home: Youth · Oregon Public ...
10 Nov 2009
The minimum wage is what we would call a livable wage here--something homeless youth rarely can earn. Healthcare for anyone is available in Sweden and Norway. Here, even if children have healthcare, there is little mental health benefits beyond a pill to control mood. ... One of the problems faced by homeless and runaway youth is the lack of alternative short- and long-term shelter or housing if reunification with the family is not an option. ...
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View Post: Please Forgive This Rant - Waging Peace - Peace, justice and ...
11 Nov 2009 by Anita McKay  
As far as people violently acting out their own mental health issues in the name of one cause or another (often suicidal acts, even more often homicidal acts), can we undertake a rational study of people who kill for the cause of white .... He thought he would get more sympathy from social services people who encountered him if he posed as a war vet rather than admit to being a runaway or just a young man with no direction in life and a budding substance abuse issue. ...
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View Post: Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics, Programs, and Emerging ...
8 May 2007 by Oldtimer  
Congress began to hear concerns about the vulnerabilities of the runaway population in the 1970s due to increased awareness about these youth and the establishment of runaway shelters to assist them in returning home. Since that time, Congress has authorized services to provide support for runaway and homeless youth outside of the juvenile justice, mental health, and child welfare systems. The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA), as currently amended, authorizes federal ...
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View Post: The Indypendent » A Forgotten Youth: New York City Queer Homeless ...
17 Sep 2009 by The Indypendent  
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 575000 to 1.6 million homeless and runaway youth are living on the streets from New York City to Los Angeles. Of these, between 20 and 40 percent are LGBT ..... I am the reporter from The Indypendent who spent about a month researching th e article on LGBT homeless youth, which you found so dissatisfying. Please, tell me, what exactly are your concerns with my coverage? Having spent a good deal of time at ...
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