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it's an important issue  in which  our society is involved  day after day. Let's stop this phenomenon that causes ravages in our young people and the best way for doing it could be focus on preventing problems, rather than waiting to fix them.

Could be better stop with familiar problems and to start  understanding to your guys. 

PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

Various types of treatment for substance-abusing runaway adolescents has been found effective, including community reinforcement approach, motivational interviewing, and ecologically-based family therapy, with motivational interviewing showing the quickest results according to an article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Sadly, some youth are more accurately called “throwaways” than “runaways.”  Some parents sexually abuse their children or allow others to do so.  Parents who are consumed by their substance abuse problems may lack the emotional or physical resources to care for their children. Contacting a child abuse hotline when abuse is suspected may allow social workers to intervene before a child becomes a runaway.  In the United States and Canada, abuse can be reported at The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD

Source: http://www.decodedscience.com/runaway-children-predictors-preventions/44560

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N57dEWFgeGU

CONSEQUENCES OF LIFE ON THE STREET FOR HOMELESS AND RUNAWAY YOUTH

• Difficulty attending school due to lack of required enrollment records (such as immunization and medical records and proof of residence) as well as lack of access to transportation to and from school.    
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• Increased likelihood of high-risk behaviors, including engaging in unprotected sex, having multiple sex partners and participating in intravenous drug use.  
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• Greater risk of severe anxiety and depression, suicide, poor health and nutrition, and low self-esteem.
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• Increased likelihood of exchanging sex for food, clothing and shelter (also known as "survival sex") or dealing drugs to meet basic needs.
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Source: http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/homeless-and-runaway-youth.aspx

VIDEO ABOUT HOMELESS YOUTH

THE THROWNAWAYS courageously explores the most pressing racial justice issue of our time: the mass incarceration and profiling of poor people of color.  

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWgLBEvvMpA

Common Reasons Why Youth Become Runaways

                                          

• Family problems: Many youth run away, and in turn become homeless, due to problems in the home, including physical and sexual abuse, mental health disorders of a family member, substance abuse and addiction of a family member, and parental neglect. 
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• Transitions from foster care and other public systems: Youth who have been involved in the foster care system are more likely to become homeless at an earlier age and remain homeless for a longer period of time. 

• Economic problems: Some youth become homeless when their families fall into difficult financial situations resulting from lack of affordable housing, difficulty obtaining or maintaining a job, or lack of medical insurance or other benefits. 

Source: http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/homeless-and-runaway-youth.aspx

Runaways/Throwaways... What is it?

Runaways

Homelessness among young people is a serious issue. Homeless youth, sometimes referred to as unaccompanied youth, are individuals who lack parental, foster or institutional care.* The National Runaway Switchboard estimates that on any given night there are approximately 1.3 million homeless youth living unsupervised on the streets, in abandoned buildings, with friends or with strangers. 


Thrownaways  

The Throwaways is a personal exploration of the devastating impact of police brutality and mass incarceration on the black community told through the eyes of formerly incarcerated activist filmmaker Ira McKinley.  With rawness, urgency and power, this award-winning documentary film speaks directly to the national movement rising up to fight back against a wave of police killings of black people in America.  

Source: http://throwawaysmovie.com/