Homeless in America 

The PBS program Religion & Ethics Newsweekly aired this report on the problem of young people who 'age out' of the foster care system. Keywords to use when searching for further information in databases include: "covenant house" -"fostercare" -"agedout" "homeless youth" -"homeless teens" -"throw aways"

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"The Haight Street Kids" is a short documentary showcasing young adults who run away from home and move to Haight Asbury in San Francisco. Many live homeless surviving by panhandling and selling drugs. The documentary created  by Shira Shane and Christopher Pedragal and produced by the Department of Art and Art History at Sanford University, was presented at the2009 Stanford Student Film Festival.

Keywords to use when searching for further information in databases include:  "runaways" - "street kids" - "travelers" -  "gutter punks" - "slackers" - "hobos"

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The following research guide has been designed to making searching for materials at the Howard-Tilton Library on homelessness easier and more efficient and covers both governmental and non-government and non-profit resources.

If you are having trouble identifying resources for your research, the following search terms listed below should be helpful when looking in the catalog, in databases or on the web. 

Keyword Searches

• homelessness
• homeless children
• homeless youth
• homeless families
• homeless and mentally ill
• homeless persons
• homeless women
• runaways
• throwaways 
• homeless outreach program
• poor and housing

Subject Searches

• s=homeless
• s=homeless persons
• s=homeless persons--United States
• s=homelessness
• s=homelessness--government policy--United States
• s=homelessness--law and legislation--United States
• s=homelessness--United States

Other terms that may be helpful:

• help for homeless
• homeless volunteers
• homeless assistance 
• homeless programs

Another way of searching is to combine subject keywords to the term homeless. For example:

homeless AND

• child abuse
• child care
• Child Support
• disability
• food and nutrition
• head start
• health
• housing
• immigration
• job training
• poverty
• seniors
• social security
• unemployment
• insurance
• welfare