1. Tiffany Visperas-Chavis EDU 644: Child & Family Welfare Allyson Johnson 6 August 2015 HOMELESSNESS IN TWO CITIES

2. Youth Homelessness Approximately 1.7 million young people call the streets home every year (Safe Horizon, 2015). Lets see how many youths are homeless in Chicago and New York Alone!

3. Prevalence of Youth Homelessness

4. Support For Youth Homelessness

5. Interesting Information

6. Recommendations I want to recommend not only for Chicago and New York but for the whole country to have more advice programs. These youth need more people they can trust and build a relationship with to help guide them with life decisions. Another thing I would recommend would be to have more housing and bedding options for those who are homeless. There are so many things that can happen on the streets, that would make a person who is already affected by some kind of abuse, to want to kill themselves or even give up on their life. Making them become something way worse. IF programs or beds were available some of these teens and youth can be helped.

7. References All Chicago. 2013. Facts about Homelessness. Retrieved from http://www.allchicago.org/what-homelessness/facts- misconceptions/facts-misconceptions. Navarro, T. 2015. Housing Homeless Youth Poses Challenge for Mayor de Blasio. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/nyregion/housing-homeless- youth-poses-challenge-for-mayor-de-blasio.html?_r=0. Safe Horizon. 2015. Homeless Youth Statistics & Facts. Retrieved from http://www.safehorizon.org/page/homeless-youth-statistics-- facts-69.html.