Concern about Youth Homelessness

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Regardless of the people afflicted or the time period under consideration, homelessness may be both a cause of and one of the more extreme outcomes of poverty. As such, how governments at all levels and private philanthropy respond to homelessness is of paramount importance. We are starting to see more young people even children who have been homeless. According to the analysis in 2017, there is 0.4% of these individuals were unaccompanied youth under 18 years old in Multnomah County. It may seem the percentage is small, but it can still increase no matter what. Homeless advocates in the Portland area say it’s clear that more families with young children and babies are without a permanent place to sleep.






Once young people are homeless, getting another job can be challenging. It’s not easy and anyone who gets themselves out of that situation deserves special recognition. In order to get a job, one has to have a phone number for a call to interview. if they can’t afford rent, it’s likely they can’t afford cell service. Even if they can get that call, they have nowhere to shower. No place to clean their clothes. Their appearance is a huge factor in whether or not they get the job. Someone has to be kind enough to give them a hand up for them to make it.





This is why we need to engage more in homelessness prevention. Homelessness prevention is an essential element of any effort to end homelessness, either locally or nationwide. To close the front door of entrance into homelessness, the central challenge of prevention is targeting our efforts toward those people that will become homeless without the intervention. Providing prevention assistance to people who would not otherwise become homeless is an inefficient use of limited homelessness dollars.



Resources

https://www.streetroots.org/news/2021/06/09/houseless-young-people-have-banded-together-sw-portland 

https://www.streetroots.org/news/2020/01/31/how-do-we-prevent-another-generation-homelessness 

https://www.streetroots.org/next-generation 

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/toolkit/article/562207 

https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/CHILDREN/Homeless-Youth/Documents/ORS%20417.799%20DHS%20Runaway%20and%20Homeless%20Youth%20Annual%20Report%20September%202020.pdf 



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