Missed Opportunities: Education Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness in America

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This Chapin Hall research-to-practice brief examines the connection between youth homelessness and educational attainment. The brief identifies research that demonstrates how young people encountering family instability are more likely to have unstable living circumstances and are at a greater risk for education disruption at the secondary school level. The brief also notes how youth encountering homelessness are less likely to enroll in and complete college or post-secondary education.
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2019-10-31T20:00:00
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https://www.chapinhall.org/research/education-youth-homelessness/
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2019-11-01
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Connecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement

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This MDRC report, prepared for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is an evaluation of the Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP)TM initiative. LEAP is designed to improve education and employment outcomes among youth from 15 years old to 25 years old who have been in the criminal justice or child welfare systems or who have experienced homelessness. The study looks at the implementation outcomes of operationalizing LEAP in two education- and employment-focused program models – Jobs for America’s Graduates and Jobs for the Future’s Back on Track program – that were conducted within 10 grantees in eight states.

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2019-08-31T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/LEAP_Final_Report_2019_3.0_FINAL.pdf
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2019-09-01
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ACF Family Room Blog: Children and Families Find a “Home at Head Start”

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This Administration for Children and Families blogpost, authored by the Director of the Office of Head Start and Early Childhood Development, identifies the reach of Head Start programs to serve children within families that experience homelessness and the links between Head Start and other human service agencies. Additionally, the blogpost links to Head Start training opportunities that include eight interactive learning modules that lead to receiving professional development certificates, and notes three forthcoming webinars that share effective practices for building organizational readiness, developing partnerships, and addressing service challenges in local Head Start communities.
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2019-07-17T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2019/07/children-and-families-find-a-home-at-head-…
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2019-07-18
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ACF Family Room Blog: Addressing Family Homelessness

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This blogpost, authored by the Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), describes the 10 listening sessions that ACF held nationally among key stakeholders to address family homelessness. These stakeholders, who provided input on the latest trends and local innovative programs, included parents with homelessness experience, grantee and non-grantee service providers, faith-based partners, educators, and government leaders. Five of ACF’s program offices either directly focus on homelessness or offer services and resources to move families from homelessness towards self-sufficiency and include: the Office of Head Start, the Family and Youth Services Bureau, the Office of Child Care, the Office of Family Assistance, and the Children’s Bureau.
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2019-06-25T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2019/06/addressing-family-homelessness
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2019-06-26
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Housing Options for Recovery for Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: A Literature Review

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Prepared for the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, this Abt Associates literature review provides information on literature about housing models that can best serve persons with opioid use disorder who are either homeless or encounter housing instability.
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2019-06-23T20:00:00
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https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/housing-options-recovery-individuals-opioid-u…
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2019-06-24
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Missed Opportunities in Youth Pathways Through Homelessness

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This Chapin Hall Research-to-Practice brief examines the diverse range of causes for youth homelessness, based on interviews with 215 youth, ages 13 to 25, in urban and rural communities. Four common experiences among the interviewed youth included: earlier disruptions of family and home (40 percent of interviewed youth had been in foster care); significant personal losses such as the loss of a parent or primary caregiver; conditions involving systems, peers, and families; and frequent moves or fluidity in sleeping arrangements.
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2019-06-14T14:35:27
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https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/ChapinHall_VoYC_Youth-Pathways-FI…
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Eviction Prevention: A Conversation with Communities

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This United States Interagency Council on Homelessness brief is a transcript of a set of interviews conducted with housing officials in Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Columbus (Ohio), and Los Angeles (California). The discussion identifies their approaches and initiatives to stem eviction and divert persons from entering homelessness.
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2019-05-05T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.usich.gov/news/eviction-prevention-a-conversation-with-communities
Publication Date
2019-05-06
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The Importance of Housing Affordability and Stability for Preventing and Ending Homelessness

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This United States Interagency Council on Homelessness issue brief reviews the relationship between housing costs and housing stability; more affordable housing options reduce the likelihood of families becoming homeless, and help homeless families exit homelessness more quickly. The issue brief also notes recent reports identifying housing affordability and stability challenges and efforts the Council has made to address them.
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2019-05-07T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.usich.gov/tools-for-action/the-importance-of-housing-affordability-…
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2019-05-08
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NTTAC Homeless Youth Prevention Webinar

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The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Family and Youth Services Bureau, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, and SchoolHouse Connection, will host a webinar on May 7, 2019 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET which will focus on preventing homelessness and supporting homeless youth. The webinar will review intervention strategies and how to interact with communities and local homelessness systems. It will conclude with a Q&A session. This event will be moderated by Francis Mendez, Project Director, NTTAC, and will include the following presenters:

    • Christopher Holloway, Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Manager, Family and Youth Services Bureau
    • Patricia Julianelle, Director of Program Advancement and Legal Affairs, SchoolHouse Connection
    • Norman Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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2019-05-07T09:00:00
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City/County
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https://events-na8.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1110525827/en/events/eve…
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2019-05-07
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Webinar: Aligning Affordable Housing Efforts with Actions to End Homelessness

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The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness will convene a webinar on April 3, 2019 at 12 noon ET to discuss the agency’s strategic planning tool to ensure access to affordable housing for persons with housing barriers. This webinar will also discuss the findings of an earlier report that outlined 9 action steps that integrate affordable housing options with approaches to end homelessness.
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2019-04-03T08:00:00
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City/County
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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5CfInGp7Q82Rk006klhpPA
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2019-04-03
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