Street Kids--homeless and Runaway Youth: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, on Examining the Impact of Homelessness and Dislocation on Young People in America, February 7, 1990, Volume 4 |
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ACYF adult agencies Basic Centers behavior Bridge Brigit BROCK ADAMS child welfare clients clinical Connecticut coordinated counseling counselor crisis intervention DCYS Director Douglas House drug abuse prevention drug and alcohol efforts emergency shelter FAMILY REUNIFICATION foster foster care funds going group homes homeless adolescents homeless and runaway Homeless Youth Program HUGHES Independent Living Program involved Kansas kids mental health Network of Runaway Neutral Ground parents Paul Simon percent physical placement population problems Rashida Redwood City relationships residential residents response reunite runaway and homeless runaway centers runaway youth Sasha Bruce House Sasha Bruce Youthwork Senator DODD serve service providers sexually transmitted diseases shelter program shelter staff skills stay street youth subcommittee substance abuse teenage teens Thank Transitional Living Program treatment volunteer workers Youth and Families youth homelessness Youth Services youth shelters
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Page 34 - Page 3 o Early Pregnancy. In a study that focused on health services to homeless people in 19 cities, homeless girls aged 16-19 had the highest pregnancy rate of any other age group. Thirty-one percent of the 16-19...
Page 33 - Also, the adults who sexually assault and exploit homeless youth are rarely interested in risk reduction and pay youth more if they forego condom use. Too often, because of their profound isolation, homeless youth lack the will to save their lives through less risky behavior. o Emotional Problems. Suicidal ideation and attempts run as high as 60% among homeless youth.
Page 33 - Too often, because of their profound isolation, homeless youth lack the will to save their lives through less risky behavior. o Emotional Problems. Suicidal ideation and attempts run as high as 60% among homeless and runaway youth.
Page 39 - ... including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development; (3) The right of the family to a family living wage and income; and (4) The right of families or family associations to participate in the planning and implementation of policies and programs that affect them.
Page 2 - ... course of his life. This is treatment that cannot be substituted with anything else, By the time a young boy or girl gets in serious trouble with the police they almost always have had other problems as well. They may be problems in the family, problems in school, at work and in the community. They are problems of rejection, of misunderstanding, of discrimination and often of cruelty. They are painful experiences for a young mind. They are experiences which little by little cause distortions...
Page 12 - Homeless youth" means a person under 18 years of age who is in need of services and without a place of shelter where he or she receives supervision and care. (g) "Juvenile justice system" means agencies such as, but not limited to juvenile courts, law enforcement, probation, parole, correctional institutions, training schools, and detention facilities. (h) "Law enforcement structure...
Page 44 - The law, as I understand it, and you correct me if I am wrong, now requires specific authorization by the Congress before feasibility studies may be undertaken.
Page 34 - ... rate of any other age group. Thirty-one percent of the 16-19 year-olds receiving health services were pregnant, as compared to 9% of the control group used (Wright 1989) . o Health problems. Street youth are nearly twice as likely to have chronic physical ailments as non-homeless youth (Wright 1989) . o Drug and alcohol abuse and dependency. Reported rates of substance abuse among homeless adolescents range between 70-85% (Shaffer & Caton 1984, Yates et al . 1988, Rotheram-Borus , Koopman & Bradley...
Page 2 - pirating" of trained people occurred when the original Juvenile Delinquency Act was passed much to the detriment of already existing programs. There is a second problem. We can build new institutions and programs by the dozen, and we can create employment and educational opportunities for every delinquent in the country. But these alone will not work miracles unless the delinquent also gets professional treatment. This treatment is what we today know as counseling, therapy or probation case work....
Page 2 - ... and programs by the dozen, and we can create employment and educational opportunities for every delinquent in the country. But these alone will not work miracles unless the delinquent also gets professional treatment. This treatment is what we today know as counseling, therapy or probation case work. At its best it brings about an interaction between a skilled practitioner and a delinquent which can change the latter's attitudes and behavior, and perhaps the whole course of his life. This is...