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.
By:
Michele Wakin (Bridgewater State University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781440880568
ISBN 10: 1440880565
Series: Contemporary World Issues
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 26 June 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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Young adult
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ELT Advanced
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Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1. Background and History Defining “youth” Runaways and Risk Early History Housing Employment Education Adolescence 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 Conclusion 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions Defining the Problem 1. HUD: PIT Count, AHAR AHAR Part II 2. Voices of Youth Count (VoYC) 3. National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) Human Trafficking 1. Sex Trafficking 2. Labor Trafficking Program and Policy Solutions 1. 3/40 Report 2. Tax Credits 3. Perspectives 4. Profiles Government Organizations US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Children’s Bureau (CB) Runaway and Homeless Youth Program (RHYP) Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) Office of Head Start (OHS) National Runaway Safe line Non-Profits National Center for Missing and Exploited Children National Council on Family Relations National Indian Child Welfare Association National Center for Homeless Education? National Network for Youth NN4Y State/Regional Coordination People Mary “Mother Jones” Jane Addams (Hull House) Lillian Wald Frances Perkins Julia Lathrop 5, Data and Documents Voices of Homeless Youth Count Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 3/40 REPORT National Runaway Switchboard (1-800- RUNAWAY) Department of ED –EHCY – Education for Homeless Children and Youth National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Throwaway Children (NISMART) National Center for Homeless Education: Student Homelessness in America National Human Trafficking Hotline 6. Resources 7. Chronology Glossary Subject Index
Michele Wakin, PhD, is a Professor of Sociology at Bridgewater State University, USA. She received an EdM from Boston University, and an MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Wakin is the author of three books, Otherwise Homeless: Vehicle Living and the Culture of Homelessness (2014), Hobo Jungle: A Homeless Community in Paradise (2020), and Homelessness in America: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2022).
