Coming of age

So, in spite of our best efforts and some excellent As the visibility of youth homelessness increased, there programs, the problem of youth homelessness continues to emerged a range of responses to the problem. [...] The place to begin a discussion of how to respond to the problem is to first explore the underlying features of the problem. [...] As described in the introduction to this report, homelessness grew from a troubling issue afflicting a small number of Canadians to a broader social and economic problem in the 1980s and The causes of youth 1990s. [...] There is extensive research in Canada and the United the experiences of young people and also can underlie States that points to the fact that the majority of street youth stressors within the broader family that can lead to conflict. [...] The degree of family and community connectedness and support, on one hand, versus alienation and estrangement, on the other, also shapes the experience of homelessness and the strategies that need to be put in place to support young people.