"Homeless Children and Youth" are children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth who are:
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Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship;
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Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
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Living in emergency or transitional shelters;
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Abandoned in hospitals;
- Living in public or private places not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
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Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, transportation stations or similar settings;
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Migratory children living in conditions described in the previous examples; and
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Unaccompanied youth who are not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian.