Did you know?  The vast majority of homeless youth surveyed were Black or African-American (71%), cisgender men (60.5%) between the ages of 20-25 (70.9%).  Approximately half (52.2%) of homeless youth surveyed in Atlanta were born in the State of Georgia. Nearly one-third (31.5%) of homeless youth interviewed reported being in school.  Overall, 28.2% of the...

The following definition, as provided in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, must be used by LEAs when determining the homeless status of a student. Homeless children and youth are defined as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The term “homeless” includes children and youth who experience any of the following: Sharing...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, students around the globe have participated in virtual learning, hybrid courses, and smaller in-person classes. As a result, adolescents are facing worrisome effects from these abnormal school settings. However, after a long year, many school districts are reopening this autumn. The Side Effects All children have been affected in some way...

Verbiage “People move back in with their parents for a lot of reasons, and the trend is increasing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic woes,” says study coauthor Lynsey Romo, an associate professor of communication at North Carolina State University. “We launched this study before the pandemic happened because we wanted to learn...

ATLANTA—There are 3,374 homeless and runaway youth in shelters, on the streets or in other precarious housing situations in the Atlanta metro area, according to the results of a project by Georgia State University and its partners to count and assess the area’s homeless youth. Eric Wright, professor of sociology and public health at Georgia...

Trade or vocational school training, also known as career technical education (CTE), offers a few things that four-year bachelor’s degrees can’t. For one thing, most programs at technical schools in Georgia can be completed in no more than two years of full-time study, and young adults can position themselves for entrepreneurship by acquiring a wide...

Older youth are often overlooked because we, as a society, believe they don’t need a family. We have convinced ourselves that these kids have made it on their own for this long, they should be able to make it as adults as well. It’s true, these kids have been without a permanent family for a...