Too many youth and young adults find themselves on the streets, couch‐surfing with friends, in emergency shelters or worse, after exiting the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. In some circumstances, youth have had court hearings until their exit from the legal system, but those hearings have not focused on long‐range plans of youth and emergencies youth may encounter. In other circumstances, there has been little or no planning prior to discharge, especially for young people who leave the juvenile justice system. Courts can and should prevent, alleviate or end youth homelessness for youth who appear before them through strategies that are enumerated in the recently‐passed NCJFCJ resolution. This article expounds on three of these strategies – coordinating transition and re‐entry plans, insisting on effective legal representation of youth, and utilizing sound judicial leadership. It also describes the concurrent efforts of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the American Bar Association's Homeless Youth Legal Network to remove legal barriers and improve outcomes for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.

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预防卷入系统的年轻人无家可归

离开儿童福利和少年司法系统后，太多的青年和年轻人发现自己流落街头，与朋友一起在沙发上冲浪，在紧急庇护所或更糟的地方。在某些情况下，青年人在离开法律制度之前已经举行了法院听证会，但是这些听证会并未针对青年人的长期计划和青年人可能遇到的紧急情况。在其他情况下，出院前几乎没有计划，甚至没有计划，尤其是对于离开少年司法系统的年轻人。法院可以并且应该通过最近通过的NCJFCJ决议中列举的策略，预防，减轻或终结出现在他们面前的青年的无家可归现象。本文阐述了其中的三种策略-协调过渡和重返计划，坚持对青年人进行有效的法律代表，并利用健全的司法领导。它还描述了少年司法联盟和美国律师协会的无家可归青年法律网络的共同努力，以消除法律障碍并改善遭受无家可归的青年和年轻人的成果。