“…One such challenge is pregnancy, as homeless youth pregnancy rates are as much as five times higher when compared to their housed counterparts Reeg, Grisham, & Shepard, 2002). National and regional studies report that 30% to 60% of female homeless youth indicate past or current pregnancies (Anderson, Freese, & Pennbridge, 1994;Cauce, Stewart, Whitbeck, Paradise, & Hoyt, 2005;Ensign, 2001;Halcón & Lifson, 2004;Haley, Roy, Leclerc, Boudreau, & Boivin, 2004;Milburn, Rotheram-Borus, Rice, Mallet, & Rosenthal, 2006;Wagner, Carlin, Cauce, & Tenner, 2001;Winetrobe et al, 2013), and at least 10% of female homeless youth are pregnant at any given time Herndon et al, 2003). Moreover, approximately 73% of pregnancies to homeless youth are unintended (Gelberg et al, 2001).…”