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Abstract：
Each year, an estimated 4,200,000 unaccompanied youth ages 13 to 25 experience homelessness in the United States. The threats facing young people in housing crisis are many, and their potential impacts, harrowing. Youth are at high risk for physical and sexual victimization, mental and physical illness, and involvement with the criminal legal system and face serious threats to their education, their future economic stability, and their lives. Despite these dangerous consequences, the response to this issue in the United States continues to lack urgency, meaningful investment, and empirical support. This article critically examines the current approach to services for youth in situations of homelessness in the United States. Directly informed by the lived experiences of young people, it calls for a shift in understanding of the nature and scope of the problem and, consequently, the practice and policy strategies being implemented to address it. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\'s definition of homelessness, along with corresponding procedures that further limit access to services, is examined in a call to change course in response to youth homelessness.
摘要：
每一年,在美国，估计有4,200,000名13至25岁的无人陪伴的年轻人无家可归。年轻人在住房危机中面临的威胁很多，以及它们的潜在影响，令人痛心.青少年身体和性受害的风险很高，精神和身体疾病，参与刑事法律制度，教育面临严重威胁，他们未来的经济稳定，和他们的生活。尽管有这些危险的后果,美国对这一问题的反应仍然缺乏紧迫性，有意义的投资,和经验支持。本文严格审查了当前在美国无家可归的情况下为青年提供服务的方法。直接了解年轻人的生活经历，它要求改变对问题的性质和范围的理解，因此,为解决这一问题而实施的做法和政策战略。具体来说,美国住房和城市发展部对无家可归的定义，以及进一步限制服务访问的相应程序，在呼吁改变路线以应对青年无家可归的情况下进行了审查。
