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    Teen Runaways in America: A Reference Handbook

    Teen Runaways in America by Wakin, Michele;

    A Reference Handbook

    Series: Contemporary World Issues;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 26 June 2025
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781440880568
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages pages
    • Size 228x152 mm
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 8 bw
    • 700

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    Long description:

    An all-in-one resource for understanding the issue of teen runaways in the USA, including the demographic and socioeconomic dimensions of the problem. This work examines every aspect of the issue, from the key drivers of the phenomenon (such as estrangement from family or vulnerability to abuse) to the dangers of life as a runaway (including increased vulnerability to hunger to human trafficking) to the efforts of agencies, organizations, and advocates to reduce the number of teen runaways and provide assistance and resources to teenagers already on the street.

    Features include personal essays on the experience of being a teen runaway; illuminating figures, tables, and primary sources that document various facets and trends; glossary of terms; chronology of events; and information for government agencies, child welfare organizations, and other parties working to reduce teen runaway populations across the USA.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface

    1. Background and History

    Defining Adolescence
    Access to Institutions of Socialization
    Early History
    -Housing
    -Employment
    -Education
    -The Role of the State
    -Youth and the New Deal
    Runaways, Post War
    -Race and Education
    -Women and Work
    -Men and War
    -Students and Civil Rights
    -Women and Feminism
    -Counterculture
    -Missing Children
    New Legislation
    -Violence Against Women Act
    -Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
    -Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
    -McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
    Conclusion
    References

    2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions

    Defining Runaways
    -PIT Count and AHAR Part I
    -HMIS and AHAR Part II
    -Voices of Youth Count
    -National Center for Homeless Education
    Human Trafficking
    -Sex Trafficking
    -Punishment for Trafficking Offenses
    -Identity-Based Risk
    -Labor Trafficking
    Solutions
    -Universal Basic Income
    -LGBTQ Youth and Youth of Color
    References

    3. Perspectives

    Couchsurfing and Unaccompanied: Reflections of a Former Homeless Teen, Jason Desrosier
    Trash Bags, Trailers, and the Search for Stability, William Woelki
    Housing Instability: Uncovering the Role of Structural Inequality, Ann Aviles
    Risks and Pathways Forward: Transgender Teen Runaways, Meghan Murphy
    Educational Access and Support for Unaccompanied Youth, Ronald Hallett

    4. Profiles

    Federal Organizations and Systems
    -Administration for Children and Families
    -Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
    -Children's Bureau
    -Family and Youth Services Bureau
    -National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
    -National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
    -Office of Family Assistance
    State Profiles
    -California
    -Florida
    -New York
    -Texas
    -Washington
    Individuals
    -Jane Addams (1860-1935)
    -Mary Wright Edelman (1939- )
    -Mary "Mother" Jones (1830-1930)
    -Julia Lathrop (1858-1932)
    -Frances Perkins (1880-1965)
    References

    5. Documents

    Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
    Congressional Research Service, "Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics and Programs" (2019)
    US Department of Health and Human Services, "Learning from the Field: Programs Serving Youth Who Are LRGTQI2-S and Experiencing Homelessness" (2011)
    Child Maltreatment Report (2022)
    Child Welfare Outcomes Report (2020)
    McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Reauthorization (2015)
    Department of Education, "State and District Implementation of the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program" (2015)
    Indian Child Welfare Act (1978)
    Department of Interior, Indian Boarding Schools (2022)
    Latzman and Gibbs, "Examining the Link: Foster Care Runaway Episodes and Human Trafficking" (2020)
    Youth Aging out of Foster Care: The Chafee Program

    6. Resources

    Orphan Trains
    Indian Boarding Schools and Orphanages
    Teens and Adolescence
    Runaway and Homeless Youth
    Child Welfare
    Race
    LGBTQ
    Teens, Trafficking, and Forced Labor
    Government Organizations and National Non-Profits

    7. Chronology

    Glossary
    Index

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