SOWK 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Observatory On Homelessness, Housing First, Couchsurfing
9 May 2016
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How many people in canada are homeless every year: a report by the canadian homelessness research network and the canadian alliance to. End homelessness estimates that 200,000 individuals, youth and families experience homelessness per year (gaetz, donaldson, richter & gulliver, 2013). Gulliver, 2013): approximately one fifth of the homeless population are young people between the ages of 16-24 (gaetz, donaldson, richter & gulliver, 2013). What is one alarming commonality between a significant percentage of the homeless youth: several studies have found that youth experiencing homelessness have disproportionately been involved in child protection services or foster care in their lives. This number ranges from close to 30% to 49% (clarke & cooper, 2000; leslie & hare, 2000; mccarthy, 1995; kaus & dowling, 2003; raising the roof, 2009; gaetz et al. How many people stay in emergency shelters per year: the homelessness partnering strategy report that in 2009, 147,000 unique individuals stayed in an emergency shelter.
