Arizona is outpacing most of the country when it comes to rising homelessness, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Details
PHEONIX — Arizona is outpacing most of the country when it comes to rising homelessness, according to a recent report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development .
The numbers were no surprise to Katie Gentry, the Regional Homelessness Program Manager for the Maricopa Association of Governments which conducts the Valley's PIT counts. HUD defines unaccompanied youth as people ages 18 to 25 who are not part of a family unit. A total of 917 were counted in Arizona.
"Probably the most common is when you have a mother and father who get divorced. And then they get a new boyfriend or spouse or girlfriend, and they that person doesn't necessarily like the children," Bogart said."So, they say, 'Hey, can you go down and stay at Tommy's for the weekend?' That weekend turns into a week, turns into the next six months."
HYC, which operates in the Valley and in Flagstaff, provides transitional housing for 18- to 21-year-olds but she said the majority of kids served are 13- to 17-year-olds in high school.
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