Homeless youth, sometimes referred to as unaccompanied youth, are individuals who lack parental, foster or institutional care.
Reason for concern- The National Runaway Switchboard estimates that on any given night there are approximately 1.3 million homeless youth living unsupervised on the …show more content…
Understand who the homeless are, educate yourself about the homeless (homeless person may be someone who lost their job, a runaway child, or someone with a mental illness), respect the homeless as individuals, respond with kindness (we can make quite a difference in the lives of the homeless when we respond to them, rather than ignore or dismiss them). States have adopted a variety of policies to combat youth homelessness. Some of these policies address the educational needs of homeless and runaway youth while others appropriate money for shelters and transitional housing. Other policies include counseling and outreach services to already homeless youth or youth at risk of becoming