Nine Principles for Helping Homeless Youth [ChronicleofSocialChange.org]

Samantha Sangenito 1/27/154:00 AM

It’s hard enough growing up in the world even with a supportive family and plenty of access to resources. Can you imagine how difficult the journey must be for homeless and high-risk youth?

Each individual youth has their own complex and diverse set of obstacles, yet all homeless youth share the experience of exposure to trauma as a common thread. Social service providers may lose hope and become frustrated with the process of serving homeless youth and ultimately feel unsuccessful.

Due to this common dilemma service providers face in assisting this population, the Homeless Youth Collaborative on Developmental Evaluation agreed upon nine evidence-based guiding principles in helping homeless youth overcome homelessness...

[For more of this story, written by Robin Rivera, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...-homeless-youth/9035]

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