This paper, part of a series, emerged from the National Alliance to End Homelessness Practice Knowledge Project with the goal of identifying those approaches most likely to succeed in reducing the number of homeless youth. They identified the following as necessary elements of such a system for unaccompanied minor youth. Prevention. The structures that support minor […]
This paper, part of a series, emerged from the National Alliance to End Homelessness Practice Knowledge Project. The Alliance, in partnership with Funders Together to End Homelessness and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and with the support of the Raikes Foundation and the Melville Charitable Trust, periodically convened insightful and experienced practitioners with a […]
This paper, part of a series, emerged from the National Alliance to End Homelessness Practice Knowledge Project. Rapid re-housing is an intervention that helps people who are homeless quickly return to permanent housing. The intervention has been widely used to end homelessness for adults, including both individuals and families. This report examines lessons learned from […]
This paper, part of a series, emerged from the National Alliance to End Homelessness Practice Knowledge Project and examines in greater depth one promising strategy to end youth homelessness: family intervention. Learning what works and what does not in family intervention is vital to ending youth homelessness, and providers shared the following important lessons: 1. […]
Now, that’s a clean sweep. With the aid of some hard-to-ignore figures, the Miami Downtown Development Authority convinced the city to install public bathrooms for homeless people to reduce the open waste issue. Within just six months, the four porta potties have already brought on a flush of excitement among the community. The instances of […]
