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Author:   Michele Wakin (Bridgewater State University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9781440880568

ISBN 10:   1440880565
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  Young adult ,  General ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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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

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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).

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