Street Dependent
(Travelers/Squatters)
Age
18 to 24
Demographic
More likely to be male.
More likely to be LGBTQ youth in urban areas.
Homeless longer, learned to live on the streets.
Facts
More likely to have parental alcohol abuse and addiction or medical
problems.
20% removed from home due to abuse or neglect.
75% attend mainstream schools.
Most are sexually active (50% use condoms).
43% engage in survival sex.
This group is a small minority of total homeless youths.
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