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Advocates Urge More Funding For Homeless Youth
Actor Djimon Hounsou and other advocates for homeless young people urged lawmakers Tuesday to reauthorize and increase funding for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
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Actor Djimon Hounsou spoke about homeless youth and protecting runaways during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.
Hounsou told the Senate Judiciary Committee that before he was discovered by a fashion designer, he lived on the streets of France -- and even spent the night in a juvenile prison for shelter. "I lived out my days in hunger and desperation," he said.
Victoria Wagner, president and CEO of National Network for Youth, asked Congress to increase the authorization levels for the account that funds emergency shelters and transitional living programs to $200 million and the prevention account to $30 million. She also recommended that HHS regularly produce a national estimate of homeless and runaway youth.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said the money spent on the Iraq war this week alone could fund the programs several times over. "This country can't afford not to do this; we could lose part of our soul," he said.
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4/30/2008 AM Contents
- Old Bill Might Carry War Funds Measure
- FDA: Millions More Needed For Inspections
- White House Threatens To Veto FAA Reauthorization Bill
- Dems Seek To Engage Administration In Battle Over Torture
- Blue Dogs Get Deal With Spratt, Conrad On Point Of Order
- Key Farm Bill Negotiators Say They Have Closed The Deal
- Senate Names Conferees To Consumer Health Conference
- Dodd Jumps Into The Fray With Bill To Curb Card Abuses
- DOD Procurement Delays, Cost Overruns Rile Lawmakers
- GAO: EPA Process For Rating Industrial Chemicals Poses Risk
- Tauscher Urges NATO To Spend More On Missile Defenses
- In Wake Of Bush Comments, Everyone's Got A Proposal
- White House Forces Resignation Of Embattled GSA Chief
- Reid Offers White House A Proposal To End FEC Stalemate
- Senate Panel Considers Whether OSHA Has Tools It Needs
- Cabinet Secretaries Urge Full Funding Of America Competes
- Advocates Urge More Funding For Homeless Youth
PEOPLE
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES
HILL BRIEFS
- Wide Range Of Cost Hikes Seen With Lieberman-Warner
- Head Of Fannie Mae Sees Slump Until 2010
- AARP Outlines Priorities For FY09 Appropriations
