30% of homeless youth are just 15-16 years old.

NN4Y In the News

Youth Today
Bill Would Ban Detention for Status Offenders
FOX44 News
'Runaway and Homeless Youth Act' Touches Lives in Vermont
People
Djimon Hounsou On His Homeless Past: A 'Meager Existence'
Burlington Free Press (Vermont)
Vermonters Speak for Homeless Youths, Spectrum Leaders, Leahy Back Funding
Congress Daily
Advocates Urge More Funding For Homeless Youth
Roll Call
At Home in the Hearing Room
Eurweb.com
DJIMON HOUNSOU ON CAPITOL HILL: Actor urges Congress to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
SunHerald.com
Covenant House Pennsylvania Executive Director to Testify Before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Behalf of Runaway and Homeless Youth
WUSA Channel 9 DC (CBS)
Djimon Hounsou Brings Attention To Homeless Youth
Washington Examiner
Djimon Hounsou discusses his own homelessness
Virgin Unite
Virgin Mobile USA honoured for championing homeless youth
Cincinatti Enquirer
Robert Mecum, president and CEO of Lighthouse Youth Services, has been chosen chairman of the board of National Network for Youth
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jim Braun honored with National Network for Youth Award of Excellence
Hudson News
Green Chimneys honored as National Network for Youth Agency of the Year
Tampa Bay.com
Shari McPeek, NN4Y Youth Worker of the Year, interview
The Hype Magazine
Champions of Runaway and Homeless Youth Receive Honors
Articles of Note

This section is dedicated to news articles featuring our member organizations and media articles about issues facing runaway and homeless youth.

Burlington Free Press
My Turn: Just say no to the new Burton snowboard line
NY Daily News
Kazi in the News!
New York Times (Opinion)
Out of Sight
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
House Passes Youth Aid Measure
The Unlined Face of Homelessness (Opinion)
Life on the Streets Gets Tougher
National Runaway Switchboard data provided exclusively to The Associated Press shows that the overall number of young callers facing crises that jeopardized their safety rose from 13,650 in 2000 to 15,857 last year.
Nicholas is one of the youth at served by TEEN LIVING PROGRAMS, Chicago, A NN4Y member organization
Article on aging out of the foster care system—an issue addressed through changes proposed in NN4Y's PLACE TO CALL HOME ACT.

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