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Article: Homeless Children and Runaways in the United States
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- Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
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Homeless Children and Runaways in the United States
The population of homeless children in the United States is estimated to range from five hundred thousand to more than two million. Historical studies of homelessness in general have concentrated on urban homeless men living on skid row. A 1996 National Rural Health Association study found rural homeless people so elusive that they refer to them as America's lost population. Large numbers of homeless and runaway children have always roamed the streets of every major city in the United States as well as the countryside, from small towns to remote rural areas.
The issues surrounding homeless children and runaways generally have been ...