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We Can Reduce Adult Homelessness by Focusing on Youth

Oregon has the 3rd highest rate of youth homelessness in the nation. Many families have not recovered from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some live in a car or RV and are at risk of losing that shelter. Across the country, youth with unstable home lives account for the majority of those without homes. 10% of all children under 18 in America are homeless.          


Youth and adult homelessness are closely connected. 74% of homeless adults were unhoused as youth. Indeed, the #1 indicator of long-term ADULT homelessness is whether the individual was homeless as a youth.

Academic research highlights the need for early intervention and comprehensive support systems to address the root causes of homelessness in youth, and thereby prevent long-term homelessness. The Alliance4Kids is dedicated to increasing resources for children and their families in Oregon to prevent homelessness and intervene early to house people who find themselves without shelter.

Flavored Nicotine Pose "Critical" Clinical Challenge

"Public health authorities in Oregon and across the U.S. have battled tobacco use for decades, and the percentage of adults and young people who smoke has dropped in the past 20 years.

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But flavored e-cigarettes threaten to reverse that trend, a recently published review indicates."

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Resources for Oregon Youth

Oregon Department of Human Services' Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program is working to end youth homelessness across the state.

Its resources for youth include information about:

  • Youth shelters and hotlines

  • Regional service providers

  • Tuition and fee waivers

  • Food resources and SNAP benefits

  • Transition services for youth in foster care

  • Health insurance for former foster youth, and

  • Free birth certificates.

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Expensive Housing Hurts Oregon's Efforts to Serve Unhoused Youth

Oregon has one of the highest housing costs in the US, leading to the State Index on Youth Homelessness scoring the state as "fair" in its current legislative efforts to address the issue.

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Chapin Hall's Youth Homelessness Prevention Institute

We cannot end youth homelessness without preventing it in the first place. The University of Chicago's Chapin Hall's new initiative aims to continue momentum and action to prevent youth homelessness in the US.

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