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Voices from the periphery: Prospects and challenges for the homeless youth service sector

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  • Gharabaghi, Kiaras
  • Stuart, Carol

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As a result of its focus on transitionally-aged youth (16-24), the homeless youth service sector finds itself on the periphery of both the children's service sectors, represented by children's mental health, child welfare, education and youth justice, and the adult service sectors that seek to address the varying needs of adults for social assistance and mental health services. Based on an extensive literature review and a series of interviews with service providers, stakeholders and youth within this sector, in the Central East Service Region of the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, the authors synthesize core themes and issues that help to situate the current prospects and challenges facing this sector. Feedback from informants positioned the concept of "relationship" as a central feature of both service provision and service use on the part of youth. The Central East Region is a mixed urban, suburban and semi-rural region situated in close proximity to Canada's largest urban centre, Toronto. With a population of nearly 2Â million, the Region is often perceived as diverse, encompassing a series of highly affluent commuter communities, relatively isolated rural and small town communities and urban working class communities. While social issues such as homelessness and poverty have long been recognized in urban communities, they have only recently been acknowledged as community concerns in the geographically large suburban areas of this region.

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  • Gharabaghi, Kiaras & Stuart, Carol, 2010. "Voices from the periphery: Prospects and challenges for the homeless youth service sector," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(12), pages 1683-1689, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:32:y:2010:i:12:p:1683-1689
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    1. Bowen, Elizabeth A. & Miller, Berg & Barman-Adhikari, Anamika & Fallin, Kyla & Zuchlewski, Dale, 2017. "Emerging adult homelessness in geographic perspective: A view from the Rust Belt," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 213-219.
    2. Yoonsook, Ha & Thomas, Margaret M.C. & Narendorf, Sarah Carter & Maria, Diane Santa, 2018. "Correlates of shelter use among young adults experiencing homelessness," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 477-484.
    3. Gallardo, Kathryn R. & Santa Maria, Diane & Narendorf, Sarah & Markham, Christine M. & Swartz, Michael D. & Batiste, Charles M., 2020. "Access to healthcare among youth experiencing homelessness: Perspectives from healthcare and social service providers," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    4. Daniela Lemmo & Maria Luisa Martino & Anna Rosa Donizzetti & Maria Francesca Freda & Daniela Caso, 2022. "The Relationship between Healthcare Providers and Preventive Practices: Narratives on Access to Cancer Screening," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-18, September.

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