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Bloomberg school center takes steps to help homeless youths
Issue date: 3/27/08
The Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Adolescent Health is taking important steps toward alleviating problems associated with Baltimore's homeless youth population.
The Center recently issued a policy brief discussing the issues and potential solutions.
A major problem, experts say, is the lack of an accurate count of homeless teens.
Previous surveys garnered inconsistent results, and the 2007 Baltimore City Homeless Census does not to separate youths who are homeless with their families from those who are unaccompanied.
The Center hopes to determine a more accurate number of homeless teens in order to better help the population with health risks like depression, HIV and unwanted pregnancy.
The policy brief also recommends creating homeless services geared specifically toward youth and improving services available to teens coming out of foster care or juvenile justice facilities.
The Center recently issued a policy brief discussing the issues and potential solutions.
A major problem, experts say, is the lack of an accurate count of homeless teens.
Previous surveys garnered inconsistent results, and the 2007 Baltimore City Homeless Census does not to separate youths who are homeless with their families from those who are unaccompanied.
The Center hopes to determine a more accurate number of homeless teens in order to better help the population with health risks like depression, HIV and unwanted pregnancy.
The policy brief also recommends creating homeless services geared specifically toward youth and improving services available to teens coming out of foster care or juvenile justice facilities.
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