The Task Force has put up a blog entry by Jason Cianciotto about the recent study showing that a very high percentage of homeless youth are LGBT.
“In anticipation of the 2008 renewal of the Runaway, Homeless and Missing Children Protection Act (RHMCPA), the primary piece of federal legislation that directs funding and programming guidelines to homeless youth service providers nationwide, the Congressional Research Service released its own report on youth homelessness in the US. Their report did not include a single mention of LGBT youth.” (emphasis his)
Really, do read it. Because as I mentioned in my other post about this, it’s not just about providing services once these kids are homeless. It’s about keeping them from becoming homeless in the first place, & that’s the kind of project that’s going to take a large national commitment, a commitment that can’t be made if the powers that be are avoiding, or unaware, of the problem.