Federal Resources
Housing Urban Development (HUD) breaks down homelessness into 4 categories (Literal Homeless, Imminent Risk of Homeless, Homeless Under other Federal Statute, and Fleeing/Attempting to Flee DV) and provides an official definition of each circumstance.
Family and Youth Services Bureau
FYSB supports the work of organizations and communities in the fight to end youth homelessness, adolescent pregnancy and domestic violence. The Runaway and Homeless Youth page features FYSB-funded programs for several populations of youth experiencing homelessness. Examples:
- Street Outreach Program
- Transitional Living Program
- Maternity Group Home Program
- The Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP)
The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP)
The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is a part of HUD’s initiative designed to address and reduce the number of youths experiencing homelessness. View this page to find more information about what areas have received YHDP funding.
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
USICH is a federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. The Tools for Action page includes toolkits and fact sheets about Federal programs, guidelines, policies, and more affecting homelessness. EXAMPLES:
- Step-by-Step Voting Guide for People Experience Homelessness
- Proposed Federal Budget for Homelessness 2023
- Expiring Federal Provisions that May Impact Homelessness
- Disease Risks and Homelessness
- Federal Health and Social Service Programs That Support People Experiencing Homelessness National Clearing House on Homeless Youth and Families
The National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and Families (NCHYF) is a national resource for organizations that support runaway and homeless youth and their families with programs and services. For example:
General Resources and Networks
National Network for Youth is a national membership-based organization created to focus on the needs of runaway youth and youth experiencing homelessness. NNY shares a plethora of resources and ways to get involved, including:
- National Summit on Youth Homelessness + Hill Day
- Preventing Youth Homelessness in America
- Local Cross-System Collaboratives
- Federal Policy on Youth Homelessness
This site contains pertinent information for Youth and Teens, Concerned Adults, and Service Providers. The site also features confidential call, chat, and email channels for runaway youth or youth in crisis. The site includes a Forum page in which visitors can post and discuss issues they are facing.
Guides, Research, and Best Practices
Bay Area Transition-Age Youth Workforce Initiative
New Ways to Work and California Opportunity Youth Network share this guide to increase access to workforce programs and improve employment and self-sufficiency outcomes for opportunity youth, including justice-involved youth and youth experiencing homelessness:
The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research
Field Center completed a multi-city study on child trafficking among homeless youth. In their research they identify risk factors and key findings associated with this vulnerable population.
Loyola University, in collaboration with Covenant House International, released a study on the prevalence and nature of human trafficking experienced by youth aged 17 to 25 years old located in different cities throughout the US.
Heartland Alliance released a best practice brief outlining the common barriers to employment that the youth experiencing homelessness experience all while addressing support services that prioritize their unique needs.
NYEC Workshops on Youth Homelessness
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Housing Strategies and Resources for Youth Organizations
This workshop discusses various strategies organizations can do to help young people resolve severe housing instability or homelessness. The focus is on understanding HUD eligibility criteria, different types of housing interventions, and ways to partner with community housing providers.
The Intersection of Youth Homelessness + Human Trafficking
There is a strong overlap between homelessness and trafficking experiences among youth. Understanding the pathways, vulnerabilities that lead to homelessness and trafficking, as well as key strategies to prevent both, is critical in our fight to end human trafficking. Viewers will learn:
- Federal definitions and examples will be used to define homelessness and human trafficking- inclusive of sex and labor trafficking.
- The latest research to include Chapin Hall Voices of Youth Count and Loyola University’s research on the intersection of runaway and homeless youth and human trafficking
- Common risk and protective factors
- Key policy opportunities to move forward a proactive advocacy agenda.
Homelessness and Youth Employment: Community Connections
This webinar highlights the opportunity to learn more about how homelessness and quality jobs are deeply connected, consider evidence-based programs, and discuss policies and systems necessary to support equitable access to sufficient income.
NYEC Homelessness Series: Employment and YHDP
A workshop to explore the different strategies for improving employment outcomes and career pathways for youth experiencing homelessness from the perspective of different programs. The workshop is intended to give some practical ideas to youth employment programs out there in their approach to serving youth experiencing homelessness.
Members in Areas Awarded Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Funds
| Member | Funds Grantee | Most Recent Year Awarded | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Indian Manpower Consortium, INC. | City of Sacramento, CA | 2022 | $6.51 million |
| Nourishing Hands Inc | Balance of State Continuum of Care, GA | 2022 | $11.7 million |
| Year Up Professional Resources, PBC | |||
| Boys and Girls Club of St. Louis | Balance of State Continuum of Care, MO | 2022 | $6.86 million |
| Youth Opportunities Unlimited | Cuyahoga County, OH | 2022 | $3.98 million |
| Philadelphia Youth Network | City of Philadelphia, PA | 2022 | $8.78 million |
| Bridges to Work | |||
| Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County | Balance of State Continuum of Care, WA | 2022 | $5.29 million |
| King County Superior Court Community Programs Unit | |||
| Cocoon House-SnoCo Futures | |||
| The Unity Council | Oakland/Alameda/Berkeley | 2020 | $6.57 million |
| Pathways Consultants | |||
| Larry Robbin & Associates | |||
| Grant Associates | New York City Continuum of Care | 2020 | $15 million |
| JobsFirstNYC | |||
| STRIVE | |||
| MDRC | |||
| Oregon Youth Development Division | Salem/Marion, Polk Counties CoC | 2020 | $3.69 million |
| Dane County School Consortium | Madison/Dane County CoC | 2020 | $2.45 million |
| Alan Zuckerman | |||
| New Ways to Work, Inc. | Los Angeles City & County | 2019 | $15 million |
| California Youth Opportunity Network (COYN) | |||
| City of LA Youth Development Department | |||
| El Proyecto Del Barrio, Inc. | |||
| Boston PIC | Massachusetts Balance of State CoC | 2019 | $5.9 million |
| JFF | |||
| American Student Assistance | |||
| Breaktime | |||
| Office of Workforce Development - Boston | |||
| YouthBuild USA | |||
| College Bound Dorchester | |||
| The WorkPlace | Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk/Fairfield County CoC | 2018 | $3.01 million |
| National League of Cities | District of Columbia CoC | 2018 | $4.28 million |
| U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration | |||
| National Network for Youth | |||
| The Center for Law and Social Policy | |||
| Strumpf Associates: Center for Strategic Change | |||
| Institute for Educational Leadership | |||
| CREDIBLE MESSENGER MENTORING MOVEMENT | |||
| Urban Alliance | |||
| FHI 360 | |||
| Forum for Youth Investment | |||
| DC Prep PrepNext | |||
| National Restaurant Association | |||
| Educational Foundation | |||
| The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) | |||
| Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions | |||
| The Corp Network | |||
| Goodwill of Central Iowa | Des Moines/Polk County CoC | 2018 | $1.87 |
| Youth Guidance | Cook County CoC | 2018 | $6.08 |
| Keys to Work, Inc. | Indianapolis CoC | 2018 | $3.88 million |
| Eclectic Soul VOICES Corporation | |||
| EmployIndy | |||
| (CAFE) Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, Inc | |||
| The Annie E. Casey Foundation | Baltimore CoC | 2018 | $3.7 million |
| Oakmont Education, LLC | Balance of State, OH | 2018 | $1.47 million |
| Youth Collaboratory | Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Penn Hills/Allegheny County CoC | 2018 | $3.49 |
| Kentuckiana Works | Louisville-Jefferson County CoC | 2017 | $3.45 million |
| The Book Works | |||
| United Way of Greater Nashville | Nashville-Davidson County CoC | 2017 | $3.54 million |
| Jewish Vocational Service | San Francisco CoC | 2017 | $2.9 million |
| San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development | |||
| Larkin Street youth services | |||
| Success Centers | |||
| Bay Area Community Resources | |||
| New Door Ventures | |||
| Symba | |||
| Heat of the Kitchen | |||
| San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department | |||
| Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Inc | Connecticut Balance of State CoC | 2017 | $6.6 |
| Travis County Work-Based Learning Summer Youth Employment Program | Austin/Travis County CoC | 2017 | $5.2 million |
