Covenant House Vancouver

On any given night across Canada, 65,000 youth are without a place to call home. A new report, Youth Homelessness in Canada: The Road to Solutions, authored by Raising the Roof, offers recommendations for a national strategy to deal with the issue of youth homelessness.

In order to identify the key challenges facing youth on the street, the authors of the report interviewed 700 homeless youth. "Canada desperately needs a national strategy to truly support our country's homeless and disenfranchised young people," says Sean Gadon, president of Raising the Roof. "Our young people have told us they want and expect to be part of the solution in working with government, community and private sector partners. We all have a responsibility and a part to play in implementing solutions."

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