Runaway and homeless youth / Josiah Hughes and Isiah Wright, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Josiah, editor.

Wright, Isiah, editor.

Series:

Social issues, justice and status series.

Social issues, justice and status series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Runaway teenagers--United States.

Runaway teenagers.

Homeless youth--United States.

Homeless youth.

Runaway teenagers--Services for--United States.

Homeless youth--Services for--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages).

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, [2010]

Summary:

In this book, the authors cite research indicating that youth may be the single age group most at risk of becoming homeless, yet comparatively little research has been done in the past decade on this vulnerable population. The authors review recent research findings.

Contents:

Homeless youth in the United States : recent research findings and intervention approaches / Paul A. Toro, Amy Dworsky, and Patrick J. Fowler

Promising strategies to end youth homelessness / U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Runaway and homeless youth : demographics and programs / Adrienne L. Fernandes

Runaway and homeless youth : re-authorization legislation and issues in the 110th Congress / Adrienne L. Fernandes

Runaway, homeless, and missing children : perspectives on helping the nation's vulnerable youth : hearing before the subcommitee on healthy families and communities, committee on education and labor, U.S. House of Representatives / U.S. Government Printing Office

Living on the street : finding solutions to protect runaway and homeless youth, hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress / U.S. Government Printing Office.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-1370-0