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100			_941 _aJohnson, Guy
245			_aFrom youth to adult homelessness
260			_bAustralian Journal of Social Issues, _c2008.
300			_a20 pages
500			_aKEYWORDS: homelessness, social adaption, policy
520			_aGovernments have shown an interest in early intervention strategies to reduce youth homelessness, but critics say that early intervention programs lack clear outcomes. This paper investigates what happens when early intervention programs are not in place and young people progress to adult homelessness. The paper assesses the ‘social adaptation’ hypothesis that the longer young people are homeless the more they adapt to homelessness as a way of life. The paper uses information on 1,677 individuals who first became homeless when they were 18 or younger. Three‑quarters of the sample had progressed to adult homelessness (defined as 25 or older) and one‑quarter were now young adults aged 19 to 24. The findings confirm that the longer people are homeless, the more difficult it becomes to get out of homelessness. However, the social adaptation account overstates the extent to which people accept homelessness as a ‘way of life’. People can return to conventional accommodation if they are given long‑term support. The paper concludes with three policy recommendations.
650		0	_aHomelessness _zVIC _9490
700			_947 _aChamberlain, Chris
856			_uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00119.x _yView item on publishers website
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