Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey

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een a victim of school bullying (Hamilton, 2012). In other words, homeless youth are approximately four times more likely to experience bullying than Canadian youth in general. Once again, differences related to ethno-racial identity were evident in the sample, with 23% of racialized youth indicating they were ‘often’ bullied. <strong>The</strong>re were also significant differences based on gender, with 38% of males indicated they were ‘often’ bullied, 57% of females indicating they were ‘often’ bullied, and 54% of gender non-binary youth reporting they were ‘often’ bullied. With respect to sexual orientation, LGBTQ2S youth also scored particularly high on this measure (63% indicated they were ‘often’ bullied). Finally, youth who left home at a young age (under 16) reported more bullying while they were in school than those who became homeless for the first time in their late teens. HOMELESS YOUTH WHO INDICATED THEY WERE ‘OFTEN’ BULLIED AT SCHOOL 23% racialized youth 38% male youth 57% female youth 63% LGBTQ2S youth 54% gender non-binary youth Factors that undermine school engagement and achievement How do factors such as bullying and learning disabilities impact school engagement and achievement among youth experiencing homelessness? We asked the research participants a range of questions regarding factors that made it challenging for them to do well in school. In comparing those who dropped out of high school with those who are either currently in school or who have graduated, there are some very significant differences. THOSE WHO DROPPED OUT WERE MORE LIKELY TO REPORT THESE CHALLENGES 41.8% learning disabilities 47.9% physical disabilities 46.1% ADHD 54 WITHOUT A HOME: THE NATIONAL YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SURVEY
FIGURE 6 Factors that undermine school engagement and achievement Learning disability ADHD Physical disability Mental health problem Waiting for special needs program Conflicts with teachers Conflicts with other students Drop out In high school Graduate Being bullied Not enough to eat Problems at home 0 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Most significantly, the challenges youth identified as most significant were related to learning and physical disabilities. Those who had dropped out were much more likely to report learning disabilities (41.8%), ADHD (46.1%), and physical disabilities (47.9%) than youth in the sample with higher rates of school participation and achievement. Conflicts with teachers and other students, as well as inadequate food, were also cited. Interestingly, problems at home and being bullied were cited as less significant factors among the challenges youth faced in school. WITHOUT A HOME: THE NATIONAL YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SURVEY 55
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without a home: The National Youth
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Page 5 and 6: YOUTH HOMELESSNESS continues to be
Page 7 and 8: BECOMING HOMELESS: PATHWAYS INTO HO
Page 9 and 10: 3. Involvement in Child Protection
Page 11 and 12: • High levels of chronicity - Alm
Page 13 and 14: • Transitional supports for young
Page 15 and 16: • We must intervene before youth
Page 17 and 18: 4. Community strategies should nece
Page 19 and 20: YOUTH HOMELESSNESS is a significant
Page 21 and 22: Our approach to data analysis was d
Page 23 and 24: METHODOLOGY How was the research co
Page 25 and 26: SECTION 5 - DISCUSSION: IMPLICATION
Page 27 and 28: YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS (ages
Page 29 and 30: Young people can be grouped into th
Page 31 and 32: 2.4 LGBTQ2S Youth Research on youth
Page 33 and 34: SECTION 3: BECOMING HOMELESS
Page 35 and 36: Finally, structural factors contrib
Page 37 and 38: FIGURE 1 Pathways into homelessness
Page 39 and 40: FIGURE 2 Age of first homelessness
Page 41 and 42: Importantly, our data also shows th
Page 43 and 44: Personal factors contributing to ho
Page 45 and 46: It should be expected that young pe
Page 47 and 48: Transitions from care should be a p
Page 49 and 50: Some important differences exist am
Page 51 and 52: 3.4 Experiences in School While the
Page 53: at some point during their time in
Page 57 and 58: THE PATHWAYS INTO HOMELESSNESS ARE
Page 59 and 60: 4.1 Housing Housing instability is
Page 61 and 62: 60% of the chronically homeless pop
Page 63 and 64: When we asked young people how many
Page 65 and 66: Within the sample, 42% of participa
Page 67 and 68: violence makes the impact of pre-st
Page 69 and 70: Our analysis indicates that money m
Page 71 and 72: Money from family and friends Recei
Page 73 and 74: Debt load and cheque cashing Past r
Page 75 and 76: 53.2% of youth experiencing homeles
Page 77 and 78: According to our analysis, selling
Page 79 and 80: Criminal victimization amongst the
Page 81 and 82: TABLE 23 Sexual assault: Gender In
Page 83 and 84: TABLE 25 People you can count on Do
Page 85 and 86: 8.2% responded negatively (disagree
Page 87 and 88: TABLE 27 Self-esteem Levels of self
Page 89 and 90: “I NEVER QUIT. I moved forward th
Page 91 and 92: THE WITHOUT A HOME STUDY IS THE FIR
Page 93 and 94: Colonialism, intergenerational trau
Page 95 and 96: Our findings indicate that those wh
Page 97 and 98: As suggested above, the current res
Page 99 and 100: 5.3 The Need to Help Young People M
Page 101 and 102: The consequences and outcomes of be
Page 103 and 104: service providers (mainstream as we
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The implications of this research f
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5.7 Building Resilience, Assets, an
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Reconnecting with family While fami
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IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE
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PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELES
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2. Provincial and Territorial Gover
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2.4 Provincial Ministries of Justic
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3.4 Community strategies should nec
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3.9 Mental health and addictions ne
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Courtney, ME, Skyles, A, Miranda, G
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Nichols, N. (2013). Nobody ‘Signs
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