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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ARTICLES *** America's Forgotten Children - Homeless and Street Youth Andreana Reeves, At one time this article had been archived and may possibly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kids in the Street Children May 31st, 2006 At one time this article had been archived and may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/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/17/EDG6VBC64E1.DTL [accessed 14 January 2011] 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
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