Runaway and Homeless Youth

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Norman Hicks has devoted his life to helping the homeless, in part because he used to be homeless himself. He talks to NCFY about the two adults that changed his life when he was a teenager. Length: 3:47 | Size: 3.5 MB   NCFY: Welcome to Voices from the Field, a podcast series from the Family and Youth Services Bureau. 
Based on years of work with runaway and homeless youth and the best emerging evidence about what youth need to succeed, the Family and Youth Services Bureau believes the most crucial outcomes for runaway and homeless youth include well-being, permanent connections, safety and self-sufficiency. 
Norman Hicks has devoted his life to helping the homeless, in part because he used to be homeless himself. He talks to NCFY about the two adults that changed his life when he was a teenager. Length: 3:47 | Size: 3.5 MB | Transcript
If you’re a young person with gang-related tattoos and you’re looking for a job, even the Army won’t take you. Such was the experience of a young man who came to Clean Slate, the tattoo removal  program at the social services agency Social Advocates for Youth, in Santa Rosa, CA. The Army is generally okay with non-facial body art but prohibits gang-related and racist...
Each year thousands of young women run away from home. To survive, some girls steal. Some sell their bodies for money or a place to stay. Many use drugs and alcohol to cope with life on the streets. Eventually, many girls end up in the juvenile justice system. NCFY spoke with Lawanda Ravoira, director of the National Girls Institute, about how to keep homeless young women out of trouble, out of...
A Qualitative Study of the Formation and Composition of Social Networks Among Homeless Youth, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Vol. 21, Issue 4, December 2011.
In California’s Fresno County, teens who need a safe place to go have 263 options. The county participates in the Safe Place program, a national initiative that gives youth ages 11 to 17 somewhere to get help when they can’t go home. Local businesses, schools, libraries, fire stations, busses and other locations open their doors and connect young people to the nearest shelter and...
Increased Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Migratory Homeless Youth: Exploring the Role of Social Network Composition, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol. 40, No. 12.
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