In our recent article November is Homeless Youth Awareness Month, we offered basic information everyone should know about youth and adolescent homelessness. We covered the overall numbers, identified the primary reasons youth and teens become homeless or experience homelessness, and listed a series of evidence-based recommendations made by private and public entities that can help prevent or reduce the number of homeless families, youth, and adolescents in the U.S. Here’s

We have a problem in the United States: homelessness. It’s a problem that affects everyone. From small towns to big cities, from federal to state to local governments, from our progressive coastal cities to our more traditional rural interior, homelessness reaches every corner of our country. Every November, The Coalition for Homeless Youth, The National Coalition for the Homeless, The National Alliance to End Homelessness, and many other public and

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times. Overall wellness starts with three basic things: Healthy food. Plenty of sleep. Regular activity. You know what good food means: whole grains, plenty of fruits and vegetables, lean protein. And cut back on the sugar and processed foods. That’s how you avoid obesity, heart disease, and a host of other common physical ailments. You’ve got that down – or

When you ask an adult what they do, whether it’s at work, home, or at play, one answer you often hear is some variation of this: “Well, to tell you the truth, I wear many hats.” We all know what they mean, because we can all relate. At work, we might be a manager, a subordinate, a disciplinarian, or a friendly, supportive peer. At home, we might be a cook,

This is the fourth article in our series on adoption and teens for National Adoption Awareness Month. You don’t have to read the first two articles in the series to benefit from the information in this one, but it helps. Our first article, November is Adoption Awareness Month – A Focus on Teens presents the latest figures on the prevalence of adoption in the U.S. The second article, Adoption Awareness