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Monthly payments can provide a lifeline to young people transitioning out of foster care in New York City, new youth-led research suggests. 

It’s time for policymakers, advocates, clinicians and researchers to recognize the broad role that poverty plays in neglect. 

By Sofie Fashana The rising number of youth experiencing homelessness in the U.S. is a crisis, with approximately 4.2 million young adults facing housing insecurity. That means 1 in 10 youth between 18 and 24 is unhoused or at risk of becoming so.

The nation’s child poverty rate more than doubled last year, according to a U.S Census Bureau report released Tuesday.

A new model in Washington aims to help youth close to losing their housing — a critical first step in stemming the number of unhoused adults. 

Imagine you are 20 years old. You’ve been kicked out of your home and have no other stable place to live. According to research by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, you are among the estimated 4 million young people who experience homelessness every year in America.