La Casa Norte Homeless Shelter Provides Assistance for Latino Youth

Young people sleep under bridges, using boxes as blankets, and their bodies as currency. It isn't the way that Latinos want to see their youth.

Latino Youth Homelessness: Dangers & Assistance

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Forty percent of the United States homeless populations are under the age of 18, and Hispanics make up 20 percent of the total homeless population. So, with approximately 640,000 homeless in a given year, that means around 51,200 Latino youths experience homelessness on a yearly basis.
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