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In April 2021, Senate Appropriations Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced the Senate Appropriations Committee would restore earmarks to the Senate and rebrand them as [...]

Our animated video depicts our vision for a future where all young people have a safe place to call home with endless opportunities to reach their full potential.

The House Democratic Appropriations Committee restoring earmarks and rebranding them as “Community Project Funding.” In this webinar, you will learn: What are the new earmarks aka “Community Project Funding? What can these federal dollars fund? How can community-based organizations access these funds?

There are several ways you can connect with your policymakers to advocate for our collective policy agenda and ensure positive policies for youth become law. The toolkit will give you the information you need to get started.

This webinar focuses on the difficult change management lessons learned in practice in Canada to bring the need for change home for folks that may have outdated assumptions that need to be challenged. This conversation is focused on the roles of practitioners and service organizations in prevention in order to see the best outcomes for young people and their families/natural supports.

This fact sheet provides the latest research and information about how many youth experienced homelessness are also trafficked and highlights some of the key factors that make these young people vulnerable.

An advocates guide on how to effectively build relationships with policymakers and influence their positive participation in NN4Y's national advocacy campaigns.

It is essential that the local agencies to which families and youth are most closely connected - including early childhood programs, schools, and other community agencies - are able to immediately meet the emergency needs of all families and youth experiencing homelessness (especially those who are ineligible or unserved by other systems).

The Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (RHYTPA) of 2019 (H.R. 5191/S. 2916) needs to be reintroduced in the 117th Congress and would enact critical changes that would increase young people’s ability to access pathways to independence, socioeconomic mobility, and success.

There are several ways you can connect with your policymakers to advocate for our collective policy agenda and ensure positive policies for youth become [...]

Systems change can only occur if the group most impacted by the system are equal partners in the process. Youth Action Boards (YABs) have served as the vehicle to develop authentic partnerships with young leaders. Many organizations find it challenging to develop and sustain their Youth Action Boards. This webinar will introduce participants to a model that can help sustain and build capacity among YABs. The cascading mentorship model emphasizes meaningful and empowering relationships and support between program directors, program facilitators/mentors, and youth participants. The model was developed by centering the youth voice. The cascading mentorship model combined with cross-systems work can have an impact on developing systems change.

This webinar will provide the Canadian context for youth homelessness through our journey over the first five years of AWHC. We will identify the ‘Key Levers of Change’ that have helped us get to where we are as well as the challenges we face and the work still to do. Participants will learn about the high-level “shift to prevention” and some of the key resources and foundational work that is core to innovations in frontline practice, public policy, and cross-systems community planning.

The Biden-Harris Administration has an obligation and opportunity to ensure youth and young adults experiencing homelessness are at the forefront of its efforts to end [...]

This resource guide is intended to accelerate communities’ and systems’ progress in preventing and reducing the incidence of homelessness and negative system involvement among young people.

This paper explains the different definitions of homelessness, as well as the harmful impact restrictive definitions, have on youth and young adults.

This paper explores potential opportunities in serving youth experiencing homelessness when implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act.

To better understand the opportunities that Family First presents for youth experiencing homelessness, we conducted more than 25 interviews with youth service providers, child welfare leaders, researchers, and policy experts (collectively “youth homelessness and child welfare experts”). These interviews revealed that many in the child welfare and RHY fields are excited about the opportunity to leverage Family First to prevent entry into foster care and to reduce the use of congregate care. Simultaneously, many interviewees expressed concern about the law’s possible unintended consequences for runaway and homeless youth. They cautioned that its impact would depend on multiple youth-serving systems' ability to collaborate in achieving their collective goals.

This report reviews the status of current law in 13 key issue areas that affect the lives and future prospects of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness in all 50 U.S. states and six territories (unless otherwise noted). The report offers an overview of the range of approaches taken by states since the last update in 2012.

This white paper examines the the intersection of of youth homelessness and human trafficking and makes recommendations on how to simultaneously decrease youth homelessness and human trafficking.

This policy brief outlines clear actions that federal policymakers and agency staff can take to support the creation of a comprehensive, collaborative, system-based approach to addressing youth and young adult homelessness that is youthcentric and flexible.

These criteria are intended to help a community that implement the NN4Y's Proposed System evaluate whether they have ended homelessness among young people.

The Field Guide is intended to be a toolkit for service providers to be able to have a state-by-state look at what is required in their state for obtaining not only ID, but also proof of Social Security numbers, and Birth Certificates. This guide is filtered for the documents most likely to be accessible to minors experiencing homelessness, but can be used for young adults as well.

The Summary provides an overview of the issues facing minors attempting to obtain ID while experiencing homelessness. It also includes recommended language state or local advocates can use as model policy language, based on existing language that has proven successful. It is a great tool to reference when changing state laws or regulations.

The Appendix is the unabridged listing of all documents accepted in any respective state and includes documents young adults are much more likely to have access to.

This practice brief includes all of the most effective strategies and models to outreaching to and serving youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.

This policy brief lays out the current policy landscape as it relates to youth homelessness and offers targetted solutions to address youth homelessness and human trafficking.

NN4Y's Proposed System is designed to address both the causes and consequences of youth homelessness with a full range of developmentally-appropriate service and housing options for youth and their families.