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This 5 page paper discusses some of the issues surrounding the homeless young people in Vancouver, B.C. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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can begin with a study done for the City of Vancouver in 2002; entitled the "Research Project on Homelessness in Greater Vancouver," it provides a solid introduction to the problem.
(The report is available on the Internet and there are several parts to it; the Executive Summary provides basic guidelines.) In order to find out the number of homeless, researchers
actually went out and surveyed the emergency shelters in what is called a "snapshot survey" (Research project on homelessness in Greater Vancouver, 2002 - hereafter "Research project, 2002"). They counted
the people in "40 emergency shelters, transition and safe houses in the region, and a day time count of street homeless at 45 locations across the region" (Research project, 2002).
This "snapshot" revealed that there were between "1,181 and 1,206 homeless persons on January 14/15, 2002" (Research project, 2002). The report doesnt claim to have counted all the homeless, but
says it provides the "best available" data for the day (Research project, 2002). The homeless are found in "virtually every municipality within the GVRD," but the homeless population differs substantially
from the street population (Research project, 2002). What the survey found about the homeless is that "68% are male"; most are from the ages of 25-44; they live alone; most
are Caucasian; "38% had been homeless for less than one month" but 32% "had been homeless for more than 6 months" and 66% "had at least one health condition" (Research
project, 2002). Homeless people living in shelters comprised close to three-quarters (68.5%) of all homeless; the rest live on the streets, and it appears to be that this is where
most of the younger people are (Research project, 2002). When compared to those in shelters, the homeless on the streets were "more likely to be female" and were "under 19
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