hidden in plain sight: improving youth inclusion in point-in-time counts
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Hidden in Plain Sight: IMPROVING Youth inclusion in point-in-time counts. CCY Webinar – March 21, 2014. Colette (Coco) Auerswald, MD, MS – UCB School of Public Health [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT:IMPROVING YOUTH INCLUSION
IN POINT-IN-TIME COUNTSCCY Webinar – March 21, 2014
Colette (Coco) Auerswald, MD, MS – UCB School of Public [email protected]
Collaboration between the California Homeless Youth Project and the UC, Berkeley School of Public Health
Hidden in Plain Sight Assessment Goals:
Describe current approaches to counting unaccompanied minors and TAY in the PIT count
Describe best practices and innovations in California Describe barriers Recommendations
Methods: Review of data from CoC reports in 2011 and 2013 Interviews with 31 CoCs and 5 consulting groups
conducted in early 2013.
The Numbers: Unsheltered Minorsand TAY, 2011 vs. 2013
Minors
YEAR 0 1-10 11-20 21-100 101-500 500+
2011 16 15 3 3 5 1
2013 17 13 5 2 4 1
TAY
YEAR No count 0 1-20 21-
100101-500
501-1,000
1,001+
2011 33 0 0 2 6 1 1
2013 1 3 7 16 11 2 2
The Numbers: Unsheltered Minorsand TAY, 2011 vs. 2013
Minors
YEAR 0 1-10 11-20 21-100 101-500 500+
2011 16 15 3 3 5 1
2013 17 13 5 2 4 1
TAY
YEAR No count 0 1-20 21-
100101-500
501-1,000
1,001+
2011 33 0 0 2 6 1 1
2013 1 3 7 16 11 2 2
PIT Count Numbers: 2011 vs. 2013
Homelessness Reports - http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewHomelessRpts
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
Bay Area
. Central Coast
. Far North
. Inland Empire
. Sacramento
. San Diego
. San Joaquin
. Sierras . South Coast
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
Youth Numbers: 2011 vs. 201320
11
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
2011
2013
Bay Area
. Central Coast
. Far North
. Inland Empire
. Sacramento
. San Diego
. San Joaquin
. Sierras . South Coast
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
1033
3681
183922
201 387 281 189 0 117 0379
0462
0 23
3094
4418
433
302
170
456
26 177 112 137 21 29 14895
5332
3 8
298
1339
TAY MinorsHomelessness Reports - http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewHomelessRpts
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Minimal changes
Changes to planning processes
Changes to count
methods
Youth-specific counts
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Minimal changes
Include unaccompanied minor and TAY categories in PIT count.
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Include youth providers in PIT count planning:
Minimal changes Changes to planning processes
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Collaborate with McKinney-Vento school liaisons:
Minimal changes Changes to planning processes
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Include youth in PIT count planning
Minimal changes Changes to planning processes
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Minimal changes
Changes to
planning processes
Changes to count methods
Include youth service providers and youth themselves as enumerators.Incentivize youth participants.
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Minimal changes
Changes to
planning processes
Changes to count methods
Include youth-inclusive or youth-specific, flexible enumeration routes, times of day, or survey sites:
“We targeted areas that youth knew specifically were more likely to find homeless youth.”
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Minimal changes
Changes to
planning processes
Changes to count methods
Include youth-related survey questions in PIT count interviews
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion
Minimal changes
Changes to planning processes
Changes to count
methods
Youth-specific counts
Implement many of the changes described, and
Conduct a dedicated, youth-specific count
Findings: Youth-Specific Barriers Hard to identify Sub-groups of youth
Findings: CoC-related barriers Limited integration of youth
service providers Geographical factors Winter weather conditions
Findings: Methodological Barriers Wariness of statistical methods Concerns about ability to
compare results over time Inexperience with counting TAY
Findings: Structural Barriers Lack of funding Limited provider capacity Concerns regarding reporting
obligations Concerns regarding implications of
increasing numbers Conflicting definitions of
homelessness
Recommendations: Policy Clarification of the goals and outcomes of
the PIT count on a federal and local level. Assurance that increases in PIT count
numbers related to efforts to conduct more youth-inclusive counts will be praised, not penalized.
Recognition that standardized PIT count methods may lead to systematic undercounting.
Recommendations: Policy Expansion of the PIT count
definition of youth homelessness. Coordination of definitions and
data systems for the homeless across federal level programs.
Funding PIT count efforts overall and youth-specific efforts in particular.
Next Steps: Technical Assistance and Structural Change
Technical Assistance Project: Three phases
Phase 1: Technical Assistance for all CoCs.
Phase 2: One-on-one technical assistance for two
CoCs. Phase 3:
Structural interventions informed by study findings.
Convenings: Spring 2014 8 day-long
regional convenings
CoC’s, partnering youth agency(ies), and school liaisons.
Travel costs reimbursed.
Stipends as needed to support attendance.
Convenings: Spring 2014 Logistics and Materials for training,
promotion, and enumeration. Moving one step along the continuum
Engaging youth Engaging local partners
RHY providers and other youth providers. McKinney-Vento liaisons. Other youth serving agencies
Leveraging resources Support for enumeration using multiple
definitions of youth homelessness
Seed Grants Seed grants for youth-specific counting
initiatives Examples of potential initiatives:
Youth advisory boards Stipends for youth enumerators Reimbursing youth for participating in youth
surveys Advertising counts to youth Hosting events to draw youth to be counted Sharing information back with the community Other practices as determined by communities
Standardized survey For CoC’s conducting a survey,
development of an instrument that will be: Brief Inclusive of HUD and McKinney-Vento
definitions Compatible with HMIS Standardized across CoC’s (for data
aggregation)
One-on-One Technical Assistance Provision of intensive technical assistance
to two mid- to-low-resource communities for the 2015 PIT count.
Goals: To serve one rural and one mixed site. Support local capacity for improving
count practices. Share ongoing work with larger
community.
Structural Change Working federally to:
Clarify HUD policies about the count Broaden the data that can be reported to
federal partners Working with legislators to:
Prioritize youth counts Increase awareness of the scope of the
problem Working with local CoCs and advocates to:
Employ numbers for advocacy and funding
We need you!!Youth cannot be counted without the collaboration of those who work with them!
Jess Lin, MPHUCB School of Public Health
Laura Petry, MSW ’14UCB School of Social
Welfare
Coco Auerswald, MD, MSUCB School of Public Health
Shahera Hyatt, MSWCalifornia Homeless
Youth Project
Thank you! To access the full report, visit
http://cahomelessyouth.library.ca.gov/publications.html
Coco Auerswald, MD, MS: [email protected]
Shahera Hyatt, MSW: [email protected]
Jess Lin, MPH: [email protected] Laura Petry: [email protected]