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The California Homeless Youth Project

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

ABOUT US

The California Homeless Youth

Project (HYP) is a non-partisan

research and policy initiative of the

California Research Bureau thathighlights the issues and challenges

faced by young people who are

homeless or lack stable housing. For

more information, please see our

website.

HYP VIDEO WALL

Check out ourvideo wall featuring

interviews with young people who

have experienced homelessness,

highlighting their experiences,

aspirations, and ideas for change.

FOLLOW US!

HYP Awarded Funding For

Youth Count ProjectWe're proud to announce that the California

Homeless Youth Project has received a grant

from The California Wellness Foundation to

improve yo uth-inclusivity in HUD's Point-in-

Time count. Over the next 21 months, we will

be working closely with communities across

California to provide resources and technical

assistance to support their efforts in the 2015

count. We hope to partner with youthproviders and Continuums of Care from

around the state. We may be reaching out to

you soon, so stay tuned!

In policy news, on October 2nd Governor

Brown signed 10 bills aimed at improving the

lives of homeless and foster youth in our state.

Bills included AB 346, establishing "runaway

and homeless youth shelters" as a new

subcategory of group homes under the

Community Care Facilities Act, and AB 1133,

requiring that when determining the placement

of a medically fragile foster child, priority

consideration is given to placement with a

foster parent who is an individual nurse

provider.

For more information about the 10 bills, please

see the press release from the Governor'soffice.

Latest Research

1. Seeking Shelter: The Experiences and

Unmet Needs of LGBT Homeless Youth ,

Center for American Progress (September

2013)

In this report, the Center For American

Progress provides the following policy

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priorities that can assist in preventing

homelessness among LGBT yo uth including

reauthorizing the Runaway and Homeless

Youth Act with LGBT-specific provisions

establishing standards that protect LGBT youth

from bullying and harassment in schools and

supporting initiatives that strengthen families

with LGBT children, and that promoteacceptance and understanding between parents

and children.Watch Project Director Shahera

Hyatt speak on an expert panel for the release

of the report.

2.What Factors Influence Suicide Attempts

and Suicidal Ideation for Street-involved

Youth?, The Homeless Hub (2013)

Suicide rates for street-involved and homeless

youth are higher than the general youthpopulation. Previous research has focused on

the risk factors that increase suicide attempts

and suicidal thoughts among street youth.

These include current and past experiences

with unstable housing, victimization,

depression, and substance abuse. This study

considers the impact these factors may cause

on both suicide attempts and thoughts.

3. Predictors of Homelessness during theTransition from Foster Care to Adulthood,

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

(2013)

Although a number of studies published over

the past two decades have found high rates of

homelessness among former foster youth who

aged out of care, not much is known about

which youth are most at risk. This report uses

established data to address this gap in the

research, finding that the risk of becominghomeless was higher for young people who had

run away at least once from a foster care

placement, as well as those who had

experienced more placement changes.

Additionally, being male, having been

physically abused prior to entering foster care,

engaging in more delinquent behaviors, and

having symptoms of a mental health disorder

were also associated with a higher risk of

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homelessness.

4. Homelessness, Survival Sex and Human

Trafficking: As Experienced by the Youth of

Covenant House New York, Covenant House

and Fordham University (May 2013)

The Justice Department estimates that about

450,000 children run away from home eachyear. This study finds that nearly one in four of

the 200 randomly selected study participants

either had been victims of trafficking or had

exchanged sex for basic needs like food and

shelter, while funding for beds and services for

runaway and homeless youths in New York City

has been cut by more than half since 2008.

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