The end result is often the creation of a criminal record that further closes doors to securing employment and stable housing. Loitering, petty theft, and other survival behaviors often lead homeless youth to have increased contact with law enforcement, and often result in LGBTQ youth being detained and aggressively charged with these crimes. Some homeless youth band together and seek shelter in abandoned or empty buildings or homes. A lot of homeless youth are forced to engage in survival sex, trading their bodies for a place to stay, or food, or money. Homeless youth often “couch surf,” moving from location to location wherever they can find a place to stay and possibly a meal. Many homeless youth are ages 18-24, and they have aged out of either the child welfare system or the juvenile justice system with no supports or permanent connections.
Homeless youth under the age of 18 can be youth who have run away, or they can be youth who were ejected from their family homes, often due to LGBTQ identities. H: Youth homelessness in Iowa is a largely invisible crisis for most of the general population, and can take many forms other than what many would think of as a person living in a tent or cardboard box and panhandling at intersections and highway ramps. Do you share that experience, and if so, what kind of damage do you feel that does? How do we repair it? He only hopes there isn't a variable in his formula he's failed to foresee.P: It’s been my experience people have a lot of misconceptions about what youth homelessness (and even homelessness in general) is. When their campaign attracts the attention of the opposition's powerful corporate lobbyist, Emmet relies on his skill with calculations and predictions and trusts he can save the day-for himself, his friends, and everyone with disabilities. In addition to navigating his boyfriend's increased depression and anxiety, Emmet has to make his autistic tics acceptable to politicians and donors, and he wonders if they're raising awareness or putting their disabilities on display. With the help of Jeremey and their friends, he starts a local grassroots organization and fights every step of the way. When the State of Iowa restructures its mental health system and puts the independent living facility where they live in jeopardy, Emmet refuses to be forced into substandard, privatized corporate care. Some prefer sensory sacks.Įmmet Washington has never let the world define him, even though he, his boyfriend, Jeremey, and his friends aren't considered "real" adults because of their disabilities.
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