homeless youth
New America Media chronicles San Francisco’s often invisible black homeless youth
“At 18, Valerie Klinker was kicked out of her grandmother’s house in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. Despite being without a roof, alternating from parks to cars to SROs, Klinker says she never identified as homeless, a fact that, in the eyes of the city, made her all but invisible…”
Source: New America Media, November 14, 2011
Senator Kerry’s bill to combat youth homelessness specifically focuses on improving care of LGBT youth
Senator Kerry’s bill Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2011 was introduced and referred to Senate Committee of Finance over the last month…
Huffington Post cites Obama’s Administration’s push to focus child welfare on the needs of homeless LGBT youth
In April, the Obama administration sent out a lengthy memorandum calling on child welfare agencies to develop the kinds of interventions [LGBT youth] needed most.” Read the full article here…
Source: Cherkis, Huffington Post, June 1, 2011
Carol Liu Presents State Bill to Implement First-of-its-Kind Strategy to End Youth Homelessness in California
SB123 declares homeless youth a priority, clearly defines youth homelessness, and names the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA) as the responsible state agency to lead efforts under the act…
Source: Debbie Raucher, the John Burton Foundation, February 22, 2011
New Report Shows Federal Program to Prevent Homeless Falls Short of Need
Recent studies have indicated a significant rise in homelessness across the country. the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) falls far short of the rising need…
Source: Nat’l Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, January 26, 2011
ABC News Highlights San Francisco Youth Currently in Larkin Street Youth Housing
George arrived in San Francisco with $50 in his pocket. For his first two weeks there, he slept in a tree at a Golden Gate Park. It was safer, he said, than sleeping on the ground, where “a lot of people could tamper with you…
Source: Samantha Wender and Geoff Martz, “Nowhere to Go, Teen Lived in Tree,” ABC News, January 28, 2011
California Counties Ill-Prepared to Serve Homeless Youth, Survey Finds
Nearly two-thirds of California counties have no services targeted toward the state’s estimated 200,000 homeless youth, according to a state survey released this week…
Source: Joanna Lin, San Francisco Chronicle, January 26, 2011
Gay and Homeless: In Plain Sight, a Largely Hidden Population
Every year, hundreds of gay youths end up alone on the streets of Los Angeles County, where they make up a disproportionate share of the at least 4,200 people under 25 who are homeless on any given day…
Source: Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2010
