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  • Introduction
    • 1. Introduction
  • A. Pathways In & Out of Homelessness
    • 2. Reconnecting with Family and Community: Pathways Out of Youth Homelessness
    • 3. Pathways Towards Stability: Young People’s Transitions Off of the Streets
    • 4. Childhood Stress and Mobility Among Rural Homeless Youth
    • 5. Nobody “Signs Out of Care.” Exploring Institutional Links Between Child Protection Services Homelessness
  • B. Housing
    • 6. Service Preferences of Homeless Youth with Mental Illness: Housing First, Treatment First, or Both Together
    • 7. Building Community: Supportive Housing for Young Mothers
  • C. Health
    • 8. Homeless Youth, Nutritional Vulnerability, and Community Food Assistance Programs
    • 9. Which Comes First: Sexual Exploitation or Other Risk Exposures Among Street-involved Youth?
    • 10. Promoting Health for Homeless and Street-involved Youth: Use and Views of Services of Street-involved Youth in Calgary
  • D. Mental Health & Addictions
    • 11. Substance Use and Mental Health Problems among Street-involved Youth: The Need for a Harm Reduction Approach
    • 12. Back to the Future for Canada’s National Anti-Drug Strategy: Homeless Youth and the Need for Harm Reduction
    • 13. Mental Health and Youth Homelessness: A Critical Review
    • 14. The Need for Early Mental Health Intervention to Strengthen Resilience in Street-involved Youth
  • E. Employment, Education & Training
    • 15. Why Don’t You Just Get a Job? Homeless Youth, Social Exclusion and Employment Training
    • 16. Resilient Outcome: Academic Engagement by Youth with Histories of Homelessness
    • 17. It’s Everybody’s Business: Raising the Roof’s Private Sector Engagement Project
    • 18. Case Study: Choices for Youth Train for Trades
    • 19. Case Study: ACCESS BladeRunners
  • F. Legal & Justice Issues
    • 20. Policing Street Youth in Toronto
    • 21. Why Street Youth Become Involved in Crime
    • 22. Governing the Streets: The Legal, Social and Moral Regulation of Homeless Youth
  • G. Diversity & Subpopulations
    • 23. No Fixed Address: Young, Queer, and Restless
    • 24. Shaking Off the Colonial Inheritance: Homeless Indigenous Youth Resist, Reclaim and Reconnect
    • 25. Waldo 101: Mapping the Intersections of Space, Place, and Gender in the Lives of Ten Homeless Youth
    • 26. Policy Challenges to Homelessness Among Caribbean Youth in Toronto
  • H. Solutions
    • 27. Ending Youth Homelessness in Canada is Possible: The Role of Prevention

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  1. Youth Homelessness in Canada: Implications for Policy and Practice
  2. B. Housing

B. Housing

Publication Date: 
2013
A. Pathways In & Out of Homelessness 6. Service Preferences of Homeless Youth with Mental Illness: Housing First, Treatment First, or Both Together

Introduction

1. Introduction

A. Pathways In & Out of Homelessness

2. Reconnecting with Family and Community: Pathways Out of Youth Homelessness3. Pathways Towards Stability: Young People’s Transitions Off of the Streets4. Childhood Stress and Mobility Among Rural Homeless Youth5. Nobody “Signs Out of Care.” Exploring Institutional Links Between Child Protection Services Homelessness

B. Housing

6. Service Preferences of Homeless Youth with Mental Illness: Housing First, Treatment First, or Both Together7. Building Community: Supportive Housing for Young Mothers

C. Health

8. Homeless Youth, Nutritional Vulnerability, and Community Food Assistance Programs9. Which Comes First: Sexual Exploitation or Other Risk Exposures Among Street-involved Youth?10. Promoting Health for Homeless and Street-involved Youth: Use and Views of Services of Street-involved Youth in Calgary

D. Mental Health & Addictions

11. Substance Use and Mental Health Problems among Street-involved Youth: The Need for a Harm Reduction Approach12. Back to the Future for Canada’s National Anti-Drug Strategy: Homeless Youth and the Need for Harm Reduction13. Mental Health and Youth Homelessness: A Critical Review14. The Need for Early Mental Health Intervention to Strengthen Resilience in Street-involved Youth

E. Employment, Education & Training

15. Why Don’t You Just Get a Job? Homeless Youth, Social Exclusion and Employment Training16. Resilient Outcome: Academic Engagement by Youth with Histories of Homelessness17. It’s Everybody’s Business: Raising the Roof’s Private Sector Engagement Project18. Case Study: Choices for Youth Train for Trades19. Case Study: ACCESS BladeRunners

F. Legal & Justice Issues

20. Policing Street Youth in Toronto21. Why Street Youth Become Involved in Crime22. Governing the Streets: The Legal, Social and Moral Regulation of Homeless Youth

G. Diversity & Subpopulations

23. No Fixed Address: Young, Queer, and Restless24. Shaking Off the Colonial Inheritance: Homeless Indigenous Youth Resist, Reclaim and Reconnect25. Waldo 101: Mapping the Intersections of Space, Place, and Gender in the Lives of Ten Homeless Youth26. Policy Challenges to Homelessness Among Caribbean Youth in Toronto

H. Solutions

27. Ending Youth Homelessness in Canada is Possible: The Role of Prevention
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