NCJ Number
137037
Date Published
1992
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The testimony to be presented focuses on the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act as part of a continuing series of hearings directed at reauthorizing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.
Abstract
A safety net for young people, the Runaway and Homeless Act provides basic services through community-based local agencies which offer temporary shelter, supportive services, and counseling to runaways and which work to reunite runaways with their families whenever possible. The Act funds transitional living programs that provide long-term shelter and life skills training to homeless youth who are trying to accomplish the transition to adulthood. Hearing witnesses range from a former youth in need who benefited from services funded through this Act to the actual providers of these services to runaway and homeless youth.