Youth Homelessness

If you are interested in the NYC report, you also might be interested to read the article by David McKenzie (NYC Commissioner) and Chris Chamberlain that was published in the March issue of Youth Studies Australia. It is based on their most recent survey of student homelessness in Australia.
Their paper reveals that there has been a decrease in youth homelessness, largely as a result of the implementation of programs that have reconnected families; however, they stress that rates of homelessness are still high among Indigenous youth, young people from single parent and blended families and, not surprisingly, teenagers who have been in state care and protection. For example, Indigenous young people make up 3.9% of Australia's young people aged 12 to 18 years, but they make up 19% of Australia's homeless young people.
For more info, check out the YSA page on our website: http://acys.info/journal/overview or write to us!
There are more YSA articles on homelessness at: http://www.acys.info/journal/indexes/subjects/housing_homelessness
And more information on homelessness resources at: http://acys.info/topics/homelessness

Information posted by Louise