The Human Costs of Fueling Urban America: Youth Homelessness in Rural Communities

• In Event: 72.065 - Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: 72.065-9 - The Myth of the Rural Idyll

Abstract

This paper delves into the issue of increased rural homelessness in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania with the aims of increasing understanding of homelessness trends, and school and community services available. In addition, the research investigates in-depth the experiences of displaced and socially excluded rural families

Authors

• Erin McHenry-Sorber, West Virginia University

• Kathleen Provinzano, Drexel University