“Then You Fall Off”: Youth Experiences and Responses to Transitioning to Homelessness

Country
USA
Region
North America
Language
English
Year Published
2015
Author
Diane M. Santa Maria, Sarah C. Narendorf, Noel Bezette-Flores, Yoonsook Ha
Organisation
No data
Topics
Health Research, data collection and evidence Shelter Social connections / Family Street Work & Outreach Violence and Child Protection
Summary

This article is published Open Access in the Journal of Family Strengths and distributed under a Creative Commons license (Attribution NonCommercial No Derivatives).

The article, based on a study conducted in the United States with street youth, explores how homeless youth experience the entry into homelessness and how they respond to becoming homeless, with the aim to define critical points of intervention that may facilitate self-sufficiency and an exit out of homelessness.

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