PROVIDING SHELTER FOR STREET YOUTH - ARE WE REACHING THOSE IN NEED

A major longitudinal study of runaway and homeless youth resulted in t he establishment of a safe house in Calgary. In order to further knowl edge building and research in this field, users of the facility are ro utinely asked to fill out an intake form, and consent is obtained for the use of the information for research purposes. Data collected durin g the first fourteen months of its operation have now been analyzed. R esults are compared to the original survey data to determine which you th are using the facility and which are being missed. Interesting simi larities and differences are described and discussed.