Outside in America: learn more about our ongoing homelessness project Read moreThe study, Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness in America, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, also found that at least one in 30 adolescents aged 13-17 experienced some form of homelessness unaccompanied by a parent or guardian over the same period. Researchers with Chapin Hall, a youth policy center at the University of Chicago, polled more than 26,000 young people and their families over the past two years. Extrapolated nationally, the findings suggest nearly 3.5 million young adults and 660,000 adolescents had been homeless within the previous year. Death in an Amazon dumpster Read moreYoung people reporting annual household income of less than $24,000 had a 162% higher risk. Homelessness is young,” Matthew Morton, a research fellow with the policy center, told the Washington Post.

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2018 19:07 UTC