agencies receiving grants from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, focusing …

agencies receiving grants from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, focusing …

extend research on developmental assets and underscore the value of opportunities for positive development among homeless … youth and the agencies that serve them. …

homeless youth, but it may be difficult to implement, as youth face logistical barriers to attending in-person meetings. As … (ECM) to homeless youth, using cell-phones, texts, email, and Facebook. Youth were given prepaid cell-phones and a case …, particularly of texting, offers promising implications for providing services to homeless youth. …

Rates of substance use among homeless youth are considerably higher than those for youth within the general population … whether associations exist between perpetration of offenses, victimization experiences, and substance use among homeless youth … the advancement of current intervention and prevention efforts designed to address the health concerns of homeless youth …

This exploratory study examines changes in suicidal ideation among a sample (N=28) of homeless youth, ages 11 …