The Government-funded study, which aimed to investigate preventing and tackling youth homelessness by involving the whole family, found that 72 per cent of parents believe that extra help could prevent family breakdown and that parenting programmes should be adapted to better respond to families with teenagers.
The report says: "Early access to services is hampered by a lack of information and a perceived stigma attached to requesting help. Information and advice needs to be available to parents in places that families visit as part of their daily routines if parents are to make best use of homelessness prevention and other advice services."
Researchers considered the views of 30 different agencies and 50 parents of homeless and formerly homeless teenagers.
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