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‘We are outraged’: Youth and Allies Against Homelessness studies effects of COVID-19 on unhoused youth

Report

May 17, 2023

UC Berkeley's Youth Allies Against Homelessness for The Daily Californian

Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Youth and Allies Against Homelessness, or YAAH, conducted a study to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected unhoused youth and their ability to transition out of homelessness and into adulthood.

2022 Signature Series: Mental Health in America

Report

Mar 21, 2023

Alliance for Health Policy

Mental wellbeing affects all aspects of our lives and our society. Through the 2022 Signature Series, the Alliance centered a robust discussion of policy options, trade offs, and challenges around the experience of patients and their families by taking a listen first approach.

Resources to Support Immigrant and Migrant Students Experiencing Homelessness

Publication

Mar 2, 2023

School House Connection

Many students and families arrive in the U.S. from other countries without safe, stable housing, and experience homelessness and high mobility that can last for months.

The Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Current Trends, Challenges, and Needs

Infographics

Feb 7, 2023

SchoolHouse Connection and University of Michigan

An analysis of recent trends in child and youth homelessness that show the impact of the pandemic, including a disproportionate decline in enrollment and increase in chronic absenteeism.

Seen and Served: How Dedicated Federal Funding Supports the Identification of Students Experiencing Homelessness

Report

Feb 7, 2023

SchoolHouse Connection and University of Michigan

In the 2020-21 school year, more than 25 million children and youth – roughly half of all elementary and secondary students in the United States – attended schools in school districts that lacked dedicated funding to identify and support students experiencing homelessness.

Administrative Models for Medicaid Funding Services

Policy Brief

Nov 1, 2019

CSH

A Resource for Housing and Homeless Programs Considering Options for Billing for Medicaid Eligible Services--- This review of Medicaid models is designed to assist supportive housing providers and homeless service organizations consider strategies to enhance their services (and services funding)

Housing and Homelessness: Breaking Down Silos for Systems Change

Publication

Nov 17, 2022

Seyron Foo, Raji Hunjan, & Amy Kleine for the Stanford Social Innovation Review

Lessons for funders and social change leaders in search of the best ways to collaborate across sectors to end homelessness.

Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness: Prevalence and Access to Early Learning in Twenty States

Report

Nov 17, 2022

School House Connection

Homelessness is a traumatic experience with long-term consequences, particularly for infants and toddlers in their most critical stages of development. Yet homelessness among young children is hidden.

Policing Doesn’t End Homelessness. Supportive Housing Does.

Case study

Oct 25, 2022

Emily Peiffer for the Urban Institute's Housing Matters initiative

Unsheltered homelessness is on the rise amid a systemic and widespread lack of affordable housing, supportive services, and livable wages.

Principles in Action Universities as Age Friendly Partners

Case study

Oct 25, 2022

Stephanie Firestone and Julia Glassman for AARP Equity by Design

According to UN-Habitat, the world needs to build 96,000 affordable homes every day to address the global housing crisis by 2030. Yet, better utilizing existing housing stock—through options such as shared housing—can make a significant dent in the need to build more housing.