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FEATURED ARTICLES *** America's Forgotten Children - Homeless and
Street Youth Andreana Reeves, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 August 2011] The average age of
a homeless person in the United States is nine, and there are many kids below
the age of nine on the streets, some with their families but most trying to
survive on their own. Currently there are 1.3 million homeless and
runaway street kids in the Street Children May 31st, 2006 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 August 2011] What It might be
shocking at first to consider the government supplying people with drugs, but
once you think about it, it’s very logical! It’s much healthier, because you
don’t have to worry about drug overdoses or injuries from puncturing the
wrong veins if a medical professional is doing it for you. There’s a dramatic
decrease in crime because if you are jailed, you are immediately taken off
the free treatment and you have to hustle for drugs. Employment increases
because these clinics also offer help in finding jobs. But most importantly,
you decrease drug users, because you put drug dealers out of business (since
the treatment is free) and the patients often want to take the next step to
rehabilitation. This drug policy is
much cheaper than the drug policy that the ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless
- 1-800-621-4000 Rebeccas Community -- This
is for anyone aged up to 13 years old who is thinking about running away www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 9 August 2011] Here are the best
phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell
anyone about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or
you are in danger. They are open 24
Hours - it doesn't matter what time you call.
In the Runaways KidsVoice, March 09, 2004 www.kidsvoiceorg.com/Guardian/Episodes.aspx?episode=date20040309 [accessed 9 August 2011] Most runaway
children do not realize the dangers of living on the streets. According to
the National Runaway Switchboard, 75% of runaways will become involved in
theft, drugs or pornography. One out of every three teens on the street will
be lured into prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home. Uplifting the “Dangerous Classes” - What
Charles Loring Brace’s philanthropy can teach us
today Howard Husock,
City Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter 2008 www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_urb-brace.html [accessed 9 August 2011] Homelessness,
contrary to those who date its inception to the Reagan administration, is
nothing new in The
scale of what Brace did is stunning, especially for those who believe that
only government can undertake large-scale efforts to help the poor. Over its
first 27 years, the Children’s Aid Society provided temporary assistance and
moral instruction to the 170,000 children who passed through its seven
Lodging Houses. It also placed 50,000 orphans and other street children in
homes in The Orphan Trains American Experience, Public Broadcasting
Service PBS [accessed 9 August 2011] ABOUT THE PROGRAM - Eighty years
ago, Elliot Bobo was taken from his alcoholic father's
home, given a small cardboard suitcase, and put on board an "orphan
train" bound for 2 Honduran, Guatemalan youths are among the
lucky few www.azstarnet.com/metro/160753 [Last access date unavailable] Herrera said his
mother died when he was 2, and he often ran away from home because his
alcoholic father hit him almost daily. When he grew older, he said, gangs
would beat him and threaten to kill him because he refused to join them. He went north to escape, Herrera said, and
got through Street Children May 31st, 2006 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 August 2011] What It might be
shocking at first to consider the government supplying people with drugs, but
once you think about it, it’s very logical! It’s much healthier, because you
don’t have to worry about drug overdoses or injuries from puncturing the
wrong veins if a medical professional is doing it for you. There’s a dramatic
decrease in crime because if you are jailed, you are immediately taken off
the free treatment and you have to hustle for drugs. Employment increases
because these clinics also offer help in finding jobs. But most importantly,
you decrease drug users, because you put drug dealers out of business (since
the treatment is free) and the patients often want to take the next step to
rehabilitation. This drug policy is
much cheaper than the drug policy that the Concrete
Is Cold And Hard At Night: The Children’s Voices Jay Shaft, Coalition For Free Thought In
Media, Voices Of The Lost And Forgotten - Part Three, 18 May 2005 www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00199.htm [accessed 9 August 2011] RUNAWAY
AND DISCARDED CHILDREN
- “I work a few hours a day for a guy who doesn’t give a sh.t how old I am. I
think he knows I ran away but he needs me to work so he doesn’t say anything.
I make enough to stay drunk and high so it’s not so bad. I live in squat with
a bunch of other kids and we all go out and panhandle to make extra cash.” Homegrown sex trafficking; Combat the exploitation
of American youth Marie Smith, The goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4129784/Homegrown-sex-trafficking-Combat-the.html [accessed 9 August 2011] [scroll down] Sex trafficking is known to destroy
the lives of women and children internationally, but it is also
"homegrown" and devastates the lives of American youth from all
economic levels. Summer is fast approaching and with it an increase in the
number of children living on the streets at risk for increased commercial
sexual exploitation. They live in fear of losing their coping mechanisms
(drugs and alcohol), and fear of losing a place to live and food to eat. These
children are also ashamed and fear their families will find out what they
have been doing. They fear the police and fear being returned home. Congressional
Testimony - Statement of Chris Swecker Assistant
Director, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI Chris Swecker,
Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Jun 7, 2005 www2.fbi.gov/congress/congress05/swecker060705.htm [accessed 9 August 2011] Juveniles who
become involved in sexual trafficking face a myriad of obstacles and enormous
needs if they want to leave that life, including very basic needs such as
safe housing, subsistence, and schooling. In addition, they may need drug
treatment, medical treatment, and mental health services. They may have
problems related to victimization prior to their life on the streets. Most
cannot return to their family of origin, so they need help to prepare for
independent living. StandUp For Kids - Street
Outreach StandUp For Kids www.standupforkids.org/streetoutreach.html [accessed 9 August 2011] WHO
NEEDS THE HELP? -
A viable street outreach program is not solely concerned with finding
homeless kids who are interested in staying in a shelter. While identifying
kids, who may require shelter assistance, we must also provide support to
those who, for one reason or another; (1) have to live on the streets, (2)
aren't ready for more of the establishment, (3) are afraid to go to a
shelter, (4) have a police record and fear incarceration or (5) are afraid
that they will be sent home. Andreana Reeves, At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 August 2011] The average age of
a homeless person in the Ending the quiet tragedy of modern-day
slavery Leland Y. Yee, Assembly Speaker Pro Tem,
San Francisco Chronicle, February 17, 2005 www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Ending-the-quiet-tragedy-of-modern-day-slavery-2729680.php [accessed 15 August 2012] In the past 12
months, immigration agents have raided a number of suspected brothels in
quiet Despite shock at
how it could happen here, prostitution of youth is sadly all too common in
our community and, in fact, often involves children as young as 9 years old.
Child prostitution is a devastating problem that few people want to talk
about. The fact remains that rarely do child prostitutes begin selling their
bodies on their own. Many are coerced into the lifestyle and forced into
virtual slavery by traffickers and pimps. According to the advocacy
organization Standing Against Global Exploitation, 85 percent of child
prostitutes previously suffered incest, rape or abuse at home, and are often
singled out by pimps because they are runaways. – htsccp Teen prostitution is also a suburban
problem, says former Minneapolis mayor Hofstede T.W. Budig,
Capitol Roundup, 4 November 1999 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 9 August 2011] The most vulnerable
category of children susceptible to becoming involved in prostitution are runaway or homeless youths, the report notes. A child is usually approached by a person
willing to pay for sex within 36 to 48 hours of the child being on the
street, the report states. While a 1997 Children of the
Night Children of the Night www.childrenofthenight.org/home.html [accessed 9 August 2011] WE’RE HERE TO HELP - Children of the Night is dedicated to
assisting children between the ages of 11 and 17 who are forced to prostitute
on the streets for food and a place to sleep. YouthCare - Youth Stories YouthCare www.youthcare.org/index.php/about_us/stories [accessed 9 August 2011] There are close to
1,000 homeless youth in 100 Reasons to Move
Beyond the Street Larkin Street Youth Services www.larkinstreetyouth.org/youth-connections/100-reasons-to-move-beyond-the-street/ [accessed 9 August 2011] Every young person
deserves a roof over their head and a safe place to call home. Unfortunately,
there are far too many of our youth who—through no fault of their own—are
without homes and without safe places to live and learn. In Homeless Kids Find Shelter at Covenant
House Covenant House www.covenanthouse.org/about-homeless-charity [accessed 9 August 2011] Covenant House
International is the largest privately-funded agency in the In addition to
food, shelter, clothing and immediate crisis care, Covenant House provides a
variety of services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth including
medical care, educational and vocational programs, drug abuse treatment and
prevention programs, legal aid services, recreation programs, mother/child
programs, transitional living programs, life-skills training and street
outreach. The Covenant House
NINELINE (1-800-999-9999 /
www.nineline.org) received and immediately responded to more than 48,000
crisis calls from youngsters all over the The Sexual Exploitation of Children - A
Working Guide to the Empirical Literature [PDF] Richard J. Estes, www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/CSEC_Bib_August_2001.pdf [accessed 9 August 2011] [page 22, section D] RUNAWAY,
"THROWAWAY" AND STREET CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES 1. Prevalence 2. Causes/Risk Factors Associated With Running Away 3. Social and Health Risks of Runaway & Street
Youth--Including Sexually Exploited Youth 4.
Gangs and Gang Culture Among Runaway/Street Youth 5. Homeless
Youth -
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