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Youth Homelessness In Canada
Youth homelessness is a significant issue in Canada by comprising 20% of the overall homeless population (Gaetz et al., 2013a). Unique to youth homelessness is causation and solutions, as traditional adult interventions are not developmentally appropriate. The Federal government’s HPS fails to meet youths’ needs by prioritizing adult housing first to reduce chronic homelessness by 50% within ten years (ESDC, 2017c). There is an opportunity to address youth homelessness, as the 2017 Budget has provided an unprecedented $2.1 billion allocation to the HPS redesign (ESDC, 2017b). The writer was appointed to the Federal advisory committee on homelessness to provide youth-specific recommendations for the renewal. This paper’s objective is to critically
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