Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The needless tragedy of youth homelessness in S.F.

There are more than 200,000 homeless youths in California and 1.7 million nationally. And while not all of them have been abducted, all face the tremendous challenges, danger and trauma of being homeless.

San Francisco is known nationally for its generosity and innovation in tackling important social problems. Yet youth homelessness persists. If all the teenagers and young adults in San Francisco who are homeless or marginally housed stood in a line, it would be more than a mile long. Yet there's only one shelter bed for every five young people who need one. Read more...

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