RESEARCH

RESEARCH BY TOPIC

Links

Advocacy
Homeless Nation - http://www.homelessnation.org/
National Coalition for the Homeless: www.nationalhomeless.org
National Alliance to End Homelessness: http://www.naeh.org/
National Network for Youth: http://www.nn4youth.org
Street Kids International: www.streetkids.org
Empire State Coalition: http://www.empirestatecoalition.org/
Homes Not Jails: http://www.homesnotjails.org/

Service-Based Information/Resources
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth: http://www.ncfy.com/
National Runaway Switchboard: http://www.1800runaway.org/
Safe Place: http://www.nationalsafeplace.org/
Youthline: http://www.youthline.ca/
Operation Go Home: http://www.operationgohome.ca/
Stand up for Kids: http://www.standupforkids.org/
Covenant House: http://www.nineline.org/ and http://www.covenanthouse.org/

General Information
http://www.sparesomechange.com/

Information on Street Survival
Squatnet: http://www.squat.net/
Digihitch: http://www.digihitch.com/
Survival Guide: http://guide2homelessness.blogspot.com/
Onebag: http://www.onebag.com/

Blogs
Youth worker oriented: http://housecanada.blogspot.com/
General: Homeless People's Network Discussion List: http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/
General: Runaway Lives: http://www2.lv.psu.edu/jkl1/runawaylives/
Youth: Crusthaven: http://www.crusthaven.com/
Youth: Squat the Planet: http://www.squattheplanet.com/

Trainings for Workers
Street Kids International: www.streetkids.org

Agency/Service Search Engines
International: Almudo: Almudo.com
U.S. and Canada: Shared Learnings: http://www.sharedlearnings.org/

Arts-based forums
Roaddawgz: roaddawgz.org
Floaters: http://www.floaters.org/edresearch/hap/
Outsider Art: http://www.outsiderart.info/
Squat the Planet: http://www.squattheplanet.com/
Toronto Youth Street Stories: www.tyss.org
An interesting web documentary site: "Playing it Safe"

For Parents
Team Hope: http://www.teamhope.org/
Guide for Parents: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/childismissing/contents.html
Cybersearch: http://www.childcybersearch.org/
Teens In Trouble: http://www2.lv.psu.edu/jkl1/teens/runaways.html

Research
A cross-disciplinary web-based clearinghouse of homelessness research: www.homelesshub.ca