,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ddb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november 
#ba1 #bjai,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 
,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mrs4     
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,south       
,carolina1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,ms4         
,murkowski1 and ,mrs4 ,murray7 submitted
 the following resolution2 which was    
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,designating  
,november #bjai as ,national ,runaway   
,prevention ,month4  ,whereas results   
from the ,voices of ,youth ,count       
national survey1 as published by ,chapin
 ,hall at the ,university of ,chicago in
 ,missed ,opportunities3 ,youth         
,homelessness in ,america1 indicates    
that an estimated #d1bjj1jjj youth and  
young adults between #ac and #bd years  
of age experienced homelessness during a
 #ab-month period ending in #bjag1      
including--  7#a7 an estimated #gjj1jjj 
children between #ac and #ag years of   
age who experienced unaccompanied       

homelessness2 and  7#b7 an estimated    
#c1ejj1jjj young adults between #ah and 
#bd years of age2 ,whereas the rates of 
youth experiencing homelessness are     
similar in rural and nonrural areas2    
,whereas runaway youth often have been  
expelled from their homes by their      
families1 have experienced abuse and    
trauma1 are involved in the foster care 
system1 are too poor to secure their own
 basic needs1 and may be ineligible or  
unable to access medical or mental      
health resources2 ,whereas individuals  
without a high school degree or general 
educational development certificate are 
nearly #d times more likely to report   
homelessness than their peers1 making   
lack of education a leading risk factor 
for homelessness2 ,whereas youth of     
color and lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1       
transgender1 or queer 7,,lgbtq7 youth   
experience higher rates of homelessness 
than their straight and ,white peers2   
,whereas pregnant youth1 parents who are
 #be years of age or younger1 and their 

children experience higher rates of     
homelessness than youth and young adults
 without children2 ,whereas runaway and 
homeless youth are at an increased risk 
for exploitation and becoming victims of
 sex and labor trafficking1 and between 
#ai percent and #di percent of young    
people who experience homelessness will 
become victims of trafficking2 ,whereas 
youth who run away from home or from    
foster care are more likely to be       
coerced into participating in criminal  
activity1 joining a gang1 or using      
illegal drugs1 which lead to a higher   
likelihood of involvement in the        
criminal justice system2 ,whereas       
preventing youth from running away from 
home or from foster care and supporting 
youth in high-risk situations is a      
family1 community1 and national         
responsibility2 ,whereas the future     
well-being of the ,nation is dependent  
on the value placed on youth and the    
opportunities provided for youth to     
acquire the knowledge1 skills1 and      

abilities necessary to help youth       
successfully develop into safe1 healthy1
 and productive adults2 ,whereas        
effective programs supporting runaway   
youth and assisting youth and their     
families in providing safe and stable   
homes succeed because of partnerships   
created among families1 youth-based     
advocacy organizations1 community-based 
human service agencies1 law enforcement1
 schools1 faith-based organizations1 and
 businesses2 and ,whereas the ,national 
,runaway ,safeline and the ,national    
,network for ,youth are leading the     
promotion of ,national ,runaway         
,prevention ,month in ,november #bjai-- 
7#a7 to raise awareness of the runaway  
and homeless youth crisis and the issues
 these young people face2 and  7#b7 to  
educate the public about solutions and  
the role they can play in ending youth  
homelessness3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 designates     
,november #bjai as ,national ,runaway   
,prevention ,month2 and  7#b7 recognizes

 and supports the goals and ideals of   
,national ,runaway ,prevention ,month4