1.1 a blueprint for ending youth homelessness how do we end youth homelessness?
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1.1 A Blueprint for Ending Youth Homelessness How do we end youth homelessness? Speaker: Samantha Batko This workshop will summarize research and examine an emerging typology that can be used to inform and appropriately scale interventions to end youth homelessness. Presenters will describe strategies that are working to help young people reconnect with family and other caring adults when appropriate, and prepare to transition successfully to independent living with housing and supportive services.TRANSCRIPT
A Blueprint for Ending Youth Homelessness
Samantha Batko,Program and Policy Analyst,National Alliance to End Homelessness
Blueprint to End Youth Homelessness
• Estimates of Homeless Youth
• Context Provided by Research and Data
• Targeted Solutions
• Improving Our Response to Homeless Youth
The Number of Homeless Youth Under 18
Category Percentage Number
Brief Runaways
n/a 1.3 million
Low Risk 60% 228,000
Transient 22% 84,000
High Risk 18% 68,000
The Number of Homeless Youth Under 18
The Number of Homeless Youth Age 18-24
Category Percentage Number
Short-Term 81% 122,000
Episodic 9% 13,000
Chronic 10% 15,000
*This chart reflects the number of 18-24 year olds in the adult single system and does not reflect the number of parenting youth in the family system.
What the Research and Data Suggests
• Most youth go home. Most, quickly.
• Some youth are unable to go home safely.
• There is a subset of youth who are living on the streets for long periods of time.
• The number of involuntary exits from youth programs is too high.
Primary Solution for Youth Under 18
REUNIFICATION
Interventions for Youth Under 18
Category Percentage Intervention
Temporarily Disconnected 86% -Family Intervention
-Crisis Housing Available
Unstably Connected 8% -Intensive Family Intervention
-Crisis Housing Available
Chronically Disconnected 6% -Time-Limited Supportive Housing/TLP
-Family Intervention
Interventions for Youth Age 18-24
Category Percentage Intervention
Short Term 81% -Family Intervention-Rapid Re-housing
Episodic 9%-Family Intervention-Rapid Re-housing-TLP/Transition in Place
Chronic 10%-Time-limited Supportive Services/TLP-Family Intervention-PSH
Interventions for Parents Age 18-24
Category Percentage Intervention
Temporary 81% -Family Intervention-Rapid Re-housing
Long-Term Stayers
15% -Rapid Re-Housing-Transition-in-Place
Episodic/Chronic
4%-TLP/Transition in Place-Medium- to Long-Term Housing and Services
Improving the Response to Youth Homelessness
• Place greater emphasis on family intervention.
• Expand the reach and effectiveness of transitional living/housing programs.
• Improve crisis response and prevent youth from entering homelessness.
• Improve data.
Contact
Samantha Batko
Program and Policy Analyst
National Alliance to End Homelessness
202-942-8248