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Strategies for Coordinating Data for Youth Counts: Street Counts, HMIS and Schools Data
December 19, 2012Youth Count! is a federal initiative to better reach unaccompanied youth in the 2013 HUD point-in-time (PIT) count of homeless persons and families. This webinar discusses training volunteers to conduct the count.
Outreach & Sampling Methods for Youth Count! Data Collection
December 5, 2012Youth Count! is a federal initiative to better reach unaccompanied youth in the 2013 HUD point-in-time (PIT) count of homeless persons and families. This webinar reviews strategies for sampling homeless youth.
Ready for Anything: A Disaster Planning Manual for Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs
July 27, 2012This manual teaches the “Ps and Rs” (prevention and preparedness, response, and recovery) of disaster planning. It includes worksheets and checklists to guide you step by step through the process of creating an emergency-preparedness plan for your youth-serving agency.
Harm Reduction: Advice from Leaders in the Field Tip Sheet
July 25, 2012The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) and FYSB recognize that all communities are different and that there is not a one-size-fits-all program plan. In this tip sheet, leaders of FYSB-funded agencies share how they are using harm reduction to better serve youth in their communities.
Support Systems for Rural Homeless Youth Demonstration Project Summary 2010/2011
December 1, 2011The Family and Youth Services Bureau funds the Support Systems for Rural Homeless Youth, or SSRHY, demonstration in six states, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Vermont. The demonstration's purpose is to explore ways to improve the delivery of services and supports to youth in rural communities who have little or no connection to stable housing and family situations.
Runaway and Homeless Youth Management Information System Release Notes
May 15, 2008These release notes review the updates that were made to NEO-RHYMIS in version 2.1, released in 2008.
Asking: “What’s Happened to You?” A Focus on Trauma-informed Care
July 27, 2012Research suggests that most homeless youth have experienced multiple traumatic events both before becoming homeless and once on the street. This issue of the Exchange provides an introduction to trauma-informed care, an approach that asks, "What’s happened to you?" rather than, "What's wrong with you?"
Report to Congress on the Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs, 2004/2005
April 1, 2006The Report to Congress on the Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs for FYs 2004/2005 discusses the impact of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, and how the program improved the safety and well-being of runaway, homeless and street youth.
Evidence-Based Practice Tip Sheet
August 29, 2012Evidence-based programs and practices bring together the best available research, professional expertise and input from youth and families to identify and deliver services that have been demonstrated to achieve positive outcomes for youth, families and communities.
Focusing on Outcomes for Youth: Well-being
July 27, 2012In this issue of The Exchange, we focus on ways to achieve and improve well-being for runaway and homeless youth.
