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in Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country ( Runaways - Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless 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
Canada, call 1-800-668-6868 How
To Get Help - Street Helpline: (416)
392-3777 If you are in trouble, need a safe
place to stay or just want help looking at your options Horizons for Youth is
committed to helping out in anyway we can.
Horizons for Youth:
(416) 781-9898 Kids Help Phone: 1 800 668-6868 Providing immediate help and hope
that young people need and deserve - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Every day, Kids Help Phone counsellors answer calls
and online questions from across Canada. No matter what the problem or
concern, our counsellors are there to provide
immediate and caring support, information and, if necessary, referral to a
local community or social service agency. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The government demonstrated its commitment
to children's rights and welfare through its well-funded systems of public
education and medical care. Education is free through grade 13 and is
compulsory nationwide through age 15 or 16, depending on the province. The UN
Children's Fund reported that 100 percent of elementary-age children attended
school; high school was the highest level completed by most children. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003 [52] The Committee notes, however,
concerns relating to the vulnerability of street children and, in particular,
Aboriginal children who, in disproportionate numbers, end up in the sex trade
as a means of survival. The Committee is
also concerned about the increase of foreign children and women trafficked
into [54] The Committee regrets the
lack of information on street children in the State party’s report, although
a certain number of children are living in the street. Its concern is accentuated by statistics
from major urban centers indicating that children represent a substantial
portion of [55] The Committee recommends … Mtl. police says gangs recruiting as young as 10 Plante said police are aware of about 20
major street gangs in the city, along with another 30 that are trying to gain
prominence. And they are trying to
expand their numbers by promising kids the same wealth as rap stars. "They are now recruiting starting at
the age of 10 and 11 years old," said Plante. The 50 gangs are believed to have between
300 and 500 members. Ten of 17 murders this year were
connected to street gangs -- an increase of two from the same time last
year. While 97 per cent of violent
crime in Montreal last year was not associated with gangs, Plante said police are still focusing mainly on gang
members. In an interview in Metamorphosis,
Vancouver police Const. Dave Dixon, known for his work in the Downtown
Eastside, said the government makes it very difficult for youth to get help.
Vancouver East MP Libby Davies echoed those comments in the film too. And Mervyn, who does not appear in the film, can tell story
after story about the twisted way local bureaucracy engages with
street-involved youth. Mistreatment is often cited as a
factor in youth homelessness. A number of studies have confirmed that
many homeless young people have been victims of sexual, physical or
psychological abuse. A 1992 study by social service agencies in the
Ottawa-Carleton region indicated that 75% of the street children interviewed
had left home because of sexual assaults or physical and/or psycho-emotional
abuse. Toronto Squeegee Kids Dodge The Law For Change Dusty has been living on the
street in downtown Toronto for five years, away from parents she says are
drug addicts. Originally from Dans La Rue - An Organization Serving Youth on the Street Thousands of young people in Construction begins on new youth shelter Construction of this shelter
demonstrates the Government of Canada's commitment to providing housing for
at-risk and homeless youth. This new
shelter will not only provide a safe, stable Tough Kids and
Substance Abuse Heavily involved in the street culture
of LIFE ON THE STREET - When youth become homeless,
they don’t all automatically end up sleeping on street grates or in doorways.
In fact, they end up staying in a variety of places. A 1999 survey found that:
60% of street youth are staying in one of Toronto’s youth shelters
25% staying in an apartment (92% were staying with friends and 'couch
surfing') 15% staying on the street of which
4% were living in squats, and 9% in parks, alleys, and doorways. Most experts agree that homeless
shelters are a band-aid solution that offer little
more than a bed and hot meal. Report
on Youth Homelessness - Facts and Stats on Youth Homelessness On any given night some 33,000 Canadians are homeless
of which as many as 11,000 are youth. Today in Toronto, there are 12 shelters for youth,
offering up to 522 beds. In 1979, there were only two youth shelters in the
city, with a total of 95 beds. In the past 25 years there has been a 450%
increase in youth shelter beds. In Toronto, a good estimate suggests there are at
least 10,000 different youth who are homeless at one point on any given year
- and anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 on a given night. Report
on Youth Homelessness – Sickness and Death Street youth are more likely to
get sick and even die on the streets. A recent study that examined the
mortality rate among homeless youth was carried out in Montreal between 1995
and 2000 and looked at 1,013 young people between the ages of 14 and 25.
Originally the study was designed to examine rates of HIV and Hepatitis infection
among youth. But the researchers began to realize that some of their
subjects were disappearing. They began checking the coroner’s records and
discovered an alarming rate of deaths - mostly caused by suicide and drug
overdose. By June 2001, 26 of the 1,013
participants - 22 boys and 4 girls had died, or a mortality rate of .89% per
100 person years. Note: the total figure is really 29 but three were not
included in the above number because they had not been on the street for two
years or more. The homeless youth mortality rate was 11 times higher than the
rate of the general population of Quebec. FAMILY RECONNECT HELPS A YOUTH
RETURN HOME - A
16-year-old woman arrived at Family Reconnect with her parents; she had been
on the streets for months, having left home at 15 ….. A 20-year-old female
arrived at Eva’s Place in early December after arriving in Canada as a
refugee only 2 days earlier ….. When Matt first came to Eva's Satellite he
was an alcoholic and heavy substance user with medical and mental health
issues. He'd been to many of Toronto's youth shelters and been asked to leave
some of them because of violent behavior. A
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