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Essay / temporary residence for people destined to be institutionalized, including social hotels, collective shelters and transitional housing for the mentally ill; or (c) a public or private place not designed for, or customarily used as, regular accommodation for human beings (Runaway and Homeless Youth section. paragraph 2). Nationally, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention estimates there are 1,682,900 homeless people. young people with an average age of 17 (National Coalition of Homeless [NCH], 2007). As a result, the Houston Coalition for the Homeless (2013) identified 6,359 adults as homeless within the Houston community on January 29, 2013. The arduous task of counting the homeless is a federal mandate (Point in Time [PIT]) which occurs during the last 10 days of January. The goal is to identify the number of veterans, families that include children, as well as a...... middle of paper ......o Ending homelessness: the chronic homelessness. Accessed March 19, 2014, from http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/chronic_homelessnessNational Coalition for the Homeless. Homeless youth. Retrieved March 19, 2014 from http://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/facts/youth.pdfNational Network For Youth | NN4Y | Giving a voice to homeless youth. The consequences of homelessness among young people. Retrieved March 19, 2014, from http://www.nn4youth.org/system/files/IssueBrief_Youth_Homelessness.pdfTexas Education Agency - Welcome. Texas Education Agency - Homeless Issues FAQ. Retrieved March 27, 2014 from http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=2147503685Troisi, C. and Grier, G. (2013, 19). Houston Coalition for the Homeless. Homeless in Houston: It's cold there. Accessed March 19, 2014, from http://www.homelesshouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-PIT-Lunch-Learn.pdf
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