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Exploring Racism’s Impact on Youth Homelessness in America: Overview and Research National Alliance to End Homelessness

Exploring Racism’s Impact on Youth Homelessness in America: Overview and Research National Alliance to End Homelessness 2007 Conference July 9, 2007. Adrienne Fernandes Analyst in Social Legislation afernandes@crs.loc.gov 202-707-9005. Overview.

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Exploring Racism’s Impact on Youth Homelessness in America: Overview and Research National Alliance to End Homelessness

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  1. Exploring Racism’s Impact on Youth Homelessness in America:Overview and ResearchNational Alliance to End Homelessness 2007 ConferenceJuly 9, 2007 Adrienne FernandesAnalyst in Social Legislation afernandes@crs.loc.gov202-707-9005

  2. Overview • Evolution of Race in Runaway and Homeless Youth Policy • Data on Youth Homelessness • Explanations for Homelessness Among Youth • “Disconnectedness”

  3. Evolution of Race in Runaway and Homeless Youth Policy Source: J. Anthony Lucas, New York Times, October 16, 1967, p. 1.

  4. Data on Youth Homelessness: Youth Under Age 18 Using Basic Center Programs (FY2004) Source: CRS Analysis of NEO-RHYMIS Data. Note: Based on data from 51,680 youth. Consistent with the Census Bureau classification of ethnicity and race. Hispanic youth can be of any race.

  5. Data on Youth Homelessness: Limitations • Age of data. Many analyses of homeless youth data were conducted in the 1980s and early 1990s, before welfare reform. • Residential mobility. Youth often reject the shelter system for locations or areas that are not easily accessible to shelter workers and others who count the homeless and runaways. • Youth who come into contact with census takers may also be reluctant to report that they have left home or are homeless. • Lack of a standardized methodology for counting the population. • Inconsistent definitions of what it means to be homeless or a runaway. • Sample location may also misrepresent the characteristics of the population generally. • Research on homeless youth is conducted separately for those youth under age 18 and those youth ages 18 to 24.

  6. Data on Youth Homelessness: Ages 12 to 17 Source: Ringwalt, Greene, Robertson, and McPheeters, 1998, “The Prevalence on Homelessness Among Adolescents in the United States,” analysis of data from Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

  7. Data on Youth Homelessness: 20 to 24 Source: Burt, Aron, and Lee, 2001, Helping America’s Homeless, Chapter 5, Table 5.6. Urban Institute analysis of weighted 1996 NSHAPC client data. Numbers at the top of the table are unweighted (designated “UN)”.

  8. Disconnected Youth (Out-of-School and Not Working)

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