Posts Tagged ‘policy’
California Homeless Youth Project, Voices from the Street: California’s Homeless Students: A Growing Population (2014)
California Homeless Youth Project, Voices from the Street: California’s Homeless Students: A Growing Population http://cahomelessyouth.library.ca.gov/docs/pdf/CaliforniasHomelessStudents_AGrowingPopulation.pdf Shahera Hyatt, Brynn Walzer, and Patricia Julianelle, California Research Bureau Search Terms: education, homeless students,…
Read MoreWhat Works to End Youth Homelessness (2015)
National Network for Youth http://www.nn4youth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015-What-Works-to-End-Youth-Homlessness.pdf Search Terms: policy, TAY, homeless, housing, education, work, social services Summary: Transition-aged youth are one of the fastest growing homeless populations and require unique housing…
Read MoreAmerica’s Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness (2014)
America’s Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/ American Institute for Research, Ellen L. Bassuk, Carmela J. DeCandia, Corey Anne Beach, Fred Berman Search terms: national, California, census,…
Read MoreVoices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by their Peers (2008)
Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by their Peers. www.library.ca.gov/crb/08/08-004.pdf, Authors: Nell Bernstein, Lisa K. Foster, California Research Bureau Search Terms: los angeles, california, homeless youth, mental…
Read MoreHousing and Health in Los Angeles County: Social Determinants of Health (2015)
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Search terms: housing, human rights, los angeles, policy Summary: Housing affordability, stability, and quality are social determinants of health. This article expands on…
Read MoreEnding Child Poverty Now (2015)
Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/library/PovertyReport/EndingChildPovertyNow.html Search Terms: policy, children, poverty, poor, national, racial disparities, SNAP, subsidies, child tax credit Summary: More than 14.7 million children in America were poor in 2013,…
Read MoreTransition Age Youth and the Child Protection System: Demographic and Case Characteristics: California (2015)
Transition Age Youth and the Child Protection System: Demographic and Case Characteristics: California https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/research/transition-age-youth-and-the-child-protection-system-demographic-and-case-characteristics/9868 Stephanie Cuccaro-Alamin, Ivy Hammond, Jacquelyn McCroskey, Daniel Webster, and Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Children’s Data Network Search Terms:…
Read MoreLos Angeles County Services for Transition Age Youth: Programs, Data and Recommendations (2007)
Los Angeles County TAY Working Group Search Terms: transition age youth, policy, social services, Los Angeles, casa, insurance, demographics Summary: This report provides an overview of the conditions of youth…
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