EMAIL NO T DISPLAYED C O R R EC TLY?

VIEW IT IN YO UR BR O W SER

The California Homeless Youth Project

SPEC IAL C O C NEW SLETTER

Including Youth in the Pointin-Time Count

Hidden in plain sight, youth have been historically overlooked and undercounted in local, state, and federal efforts to enumerate the homeless population. But efforts to better understand the prevalence of youth homelessness are underway, as 2013 marked the first year HUD required communities to include unaccompanied minors and transition age youth in their Point-in-Time counts of homeless individuals. Earlier this year, we spoke with communities across California to identify emerging best practices and challenges in counting homeless youth-now, we look forward to working with many of you again to build upon those lessons learned. Over the next 21 months, the California Homeless Youth Project will partner with UC Berkeley researchers Coco Auerswald, Jess Lin, and Laura Petry to provide key resources and technical assistance regarding youth inclusion in the upcoming 2015 count. You may also look forward to hearing from us soon with opportunities to get involved and continue to provide invaluable input--so stay tuned! In the meantime, as some communities gear up to conduct counts in 2014, we would like to share some of the great resources currently available for developing youth-inclusive counts.

ABOUT US

The California Homeless Youth Project (HYP) is a non-partisan research and policy initiative of the California Research Bureau that highlights the issues and challenges faced by young people who are homeless or lack stable housing. For more information, please see our website.
HYP VIDEO WALL

Check out our video wall featuring interviews with young people who have experienced homelessness, highlighting their experiences, aspirations, and ideas for change.
FOLLOW US!

Guidance on Counting Youth

A. California Homeless Youth Project
Hidden in Plain Sight : An Assessment of Y out h Inclusion in Point -in-Time Count s of California's Unshelt ered Homeless Populat ion (April 2013) Identifies em erging best practices and current challenges to counting hom eless y outh across California. A Toolkit for Count ing Homeless Y out h (June 2012) Features processes in Los Angeles in planning y outh counts. Includes sam ple v olunteer training and other count m aterials.

B. Count Planning
Out reach and Sampling Met hods for Y out h Count ! Dat a Collect ion (December 2012) Approaches to sam pling strategies, way s to m ap best locations for reaching hom eless y outh in street counts, and how to build creativ e partnerships.

Counting Hom eless Y outh: Prom ising Practices from the Y outh Count! Initiativ e
Sum m ary of prom ising practices, areas for im prov em ent, and recom m endations, following the efforts of nine com m unities across the U.S. (Full Youth Count! report here) Y out h Target ed Point -in-Time Count s: What Y ou Need t o Know! (Oct ober 2012) Focus on dev eloping key partnerships, planning, and considerations for rural com m unities. Count ing Homeless Y out h, Toolkit (Oct ober 2012) Recom m ended steps for counting hom eless y outh, including identification of stakeholders and m apping sources of data collection.

C. Partnerships and Collaboration

It 's a Dat a Driven World: Making t he Most of t he 2013 Y out h-Inclusive PIT Count , (Oct ober 2012) Guidance on how y outh prov iders, adv ocates, and others can partner with CoCs to ensure y outhinclusiv e PIT counts. Discussion of im pact accurate PIT counts hav e on social policy . Training and Preparat ion for Y out h Count !: Involving Y out h, Universit ies, and Volunt eers (December 2012) Recruitm ent, selection, safety , training, and pay m ent of y outh inv olv ed in the count. Count ing Homeless Y out h: Developing Key Part nerships (Sept ember 2012) Im portance of key com m unity stakeholders in ensuring a m ore accurate y outh count.

D. Survey and Data Collection

St rat egies for Coordinat ing Dat a for Y out h Count s: St reet Count s, HMIS and Schools Dat a, December 19, 2012 (December 2012) Using and integrating data between schools, HMIS, and runaway and hom eless y outh serv ices to prov ide a m ore accurate y outh count. Making PIT Count s Work for Y our Communit y Integrating the Registry Week Methodology into Your Point-in-Tim e Count. A New Tool t o Target Homeless Y out h for Support ive Housing (June 2013) "Transition Age Youth Triage Tool" of six item s to help prioritize y outh for supportiv e housing. Cult urally Appropriat e and Sensit ive Dat a Collect ion (November 2012) Discussion of culturally appropriate phrasing and approaches to data collection, including sexual orientation and gender identity .

E. Community Examples

Count ing Homeless Y out h: Cit y of San Jose Homeless Y out h Census Survey Sum m ary of a surv ey conducted to estim ate the num ber of hom eless y outh in San Jose, CA.

Count ing and Survey ing Homeless Y out h Lessons learned from y outh count and surv ey conducted in Washington, DC. Including Y out h in Y our Communit y 's Point -in-Time Count , Part I Strategies, tips, and step-by -step suggestions for including y outh in the PIT count. Including Y out h in Y our Communit y 's Point -in-Time Count , Part II In-depth case study of Santa Clara County /San Jose, CA experience in counting y outh.

F. Federal Guidelines
2013 Housing Invent ory Count and Point -inTime Count of Homeless Persons Dat a Collect ion Guidance (Sept ember 2012) The Supplem ental Guidance on Counting Hom eless Youth (Decem ber 2 01 2 ) can be found here.

Rural Cont inuums of Care (June 2009) Note: General Point-in-Tim e Count guidance for rural com m unities av ailable on pages 4 0-4 4 . A Guide t o Count ing Unshelt ered Homeless People, Second Revision (January 2008) Describes sev eral m ethods for identify ing, counting, and learning about hom eless people unlikely to be found in shelters or other residential program s.

C A HO MELESS YO UTH PR O JEC T - 900 N ST., SAC R AMENTO , C A 95814. PH (916) 653-7843

Sent to *|EMAIL|* why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences *|LIST:ADDRESSLINE|*

*|REWARDS|*