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Direct linkDworsky, Amy – Prevention Researcher, 2010
While many young people depend on parental financial and emotional support well past the age of 18, those who are homeless must make the transition to adulthood without that support. This article discusses the needs of homeless youth as they transition to adulthood. It then describes three housing-based independent living programs designed to…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Youth, Individual Needs, Independent Living
Dworsky, Amy – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2008
Homeless children tend to experience a variety of academic problems, and little is currently known about this growing segment of the American population. This study was undertaken using administrative data from the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and a program that serves many of Chicago's most vulnerable homeless families to examine children's…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Schools, Case Studies
