Homeless youth are individuals under the age of twenty-five who do not have a place to stay. For more statistics on the demographics of these homeless youth...
People become homeless for a wide variety of reasons - loss of job, marital breakdown, mental illness and alcohol and drug addiction. But when it comes to youth and children, the reasons tend to revolve around the family...
When youth become homeless, they don't all automatically end up sleeping on street grates or in doorways. In fact, they end up staying in a variety of places. A 1999 survey found that...
In 1999 the most comprehensive study about how street kids make their money was conducted by the Shout Clinic, which offers health care to homeless youth. Among the findings...
Living on the street is no picnic. While it's true that some youth seek the streets for adventure - and are derisively labelled "weekend warriors" or "twinkies: - and eventually return home, most street youth are there simply because there's nowhere else to go. And on the street there is the constant threat of violence, exploitation, drugs and illness...
Street youth are more likely to get sick and even die on the streets. A recent study that examined the mortality rate among homeless youth was carried out in Montreal between 1995 and 2000 and looked at 1,013 young people between the ages of 14 and 25...
