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In Chapter One of this study, data were presented which highlighted the extent of homelessness among all age cohorts in Los Angeles and specifically among adolescents as operationally defined in this project. The Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty (2004), for example, asserted that on any given day in 2003, as many as 82,096 individuals or 0.9 percent of the population were likely to be homeless in Los Angeles. Among younger homeless individuals, a total of 4,800 to 10,000 adolescents each night, Hollywood appears to be the primary community area in which these individuals congregate (Taylor & Cassidy, 1998).

Taylor and Cassidy (1998) stated that Hollywood is actually the unofficial national capital of the young homeless. Most of the young people living on and around the pavements of Hollywood Boulevard are said by these researches to have fled from broken, dysfunctional families. They are likely to have been attracted to Hollywood by images of glamour seen on television and in movie theaters. However, around 65 percent of all these young people are likely to be robbed within one week of their arr

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cent) as compared to gang affiliated/associated or loners who were significantly more likely than all other groups to be African-American (44 percent). Druggies were significantly more likely to be male as compared to hustlers and youth in the other category (56 percent). Hustler youth were significantly older than all of the other groups with a mean age of 19.2 years while gang associated/affiliated youth were the youngest with a mean age of 17.7 years. A critical finding by Kipke, et al (1997) is that regardless of which group of street youth was identified, all such youth make use at some time or another of the services established in Hollywood and Los Angeles for this population. These include emergency shelters for those aged 12 to 23, transitional living programs for those aged 19 to 23, and a number of community drop-in centers where young people can obtain a meal, clean clothing, and consult with a case manager who performs a needs assessment and then links them with other needed services (e.g., free primary health care, HIV counseling/testing, family planning, substance abuse treatment, mental health counseling, and education/employment assistance). Gang associated/affiliated youth were the most likely to use thes
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