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LEAs as Service Providers and
Collaborators in the Federal Framework to
End Youth Homelessness: Youth Intervention Model NAEHCY Conference
October 27, 2014
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• Jasmine Hayes-US Interagency Council on Homelessness
• Matt Aronson-US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Todd Shenk-US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• John McLaughlin-US Department of Education
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• Gain a better understanding of the purpose and components of the Youth Intervention Model.
• Engage in a dialogue about the roles that SEAs, LEAs and local homeless liaisons can play in the implementation of the intervention model.
• Engage in a dialogue about the role schools can play in assessment and coordination of services with homeless service providers.
• Shared learning across silos and between presenters and participants!
Objectives for today’s session:
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• United States Interagency Council on Homelessness is an independent Federal agency, represented by the heads of 19 Federal departments and agencies.
• In 2010 USICH issued Opening Doors: The Federal Strategic Plan on Preventing and Ending Homelessness
• Opening Doors has established the goal of ending youth homelessness by 2020
• In 2012 USICH adopted a Framework to End Youth Homelessness
Federal Response to Youth Homelessness
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Federal Framework to End Youth Homelessness
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Strategy I: Getting to Better Data A confident estimate of youth homelessness Data coordination, youth Point in Time (PIT)
count strategy, and household survey
Strategy II: Building Capacity for Service Delivery A research-informed intervention model Review research and apply to intervention
strategies Increased evidence of effective interventions Identify and scale-up evidence-based practices
and increase rigorous evaluation Gaps analysis Investigate funding and capacity needs of
programs
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Provides a consistent, collaborative approach to ending youth homelessness
Shifts the focus from individual programs to coordinated systems
Allows for flexibility to local context and circumstances
Shifts the focus from outputs to outcomes
Why a Youth Intervention Model?
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Core Outcomes
Well being
Education/Employmen
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Permanent Connections
Stable Housing
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Core Outcomes
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Unaccompanied Youth Intervention Model
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Unaccompanied Youth Intervention Model
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Coordinated Assessment & Entry• Coordinated assessment is coming to your
community soon through local Continuums of Care.
• Community systems identify and provide individuals with the housing interventions most appropriate to their needs.
• Role of education system in development and implementation of coordinated assessment.
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Unaccompanied Youth Intervention Model
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R&P Factors: Screen, Assess, Target
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“Trauma, meet Empowerment.”
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Trauma-informed
Positive Youth
Development
Recognizes & targets:
Traumatic stress Assets & strengths
Increases system awareness of:
Impacts of trauma Youths’ ability to contribute
Screens & assess for:
Trauma exposure & symptoms
Developmental assets & well-being
Evidence-based interventions are:
Therapeutically oriented
Skills- & competencies-oriented
Strengthens: Protective factors Promotive factors
Promotes HEALING THRIVING
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Vulnerable Subpopulations of Youth
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Implications for Culturally-Appropriate, Effective Interventions
Higher levels of risk and trauma on average
Evidence-based interventions are available to:
Treat substance abuse and mental health issues
Promote healing and recovery from trauma
Build key skills and capacities in youth
Increase the capacity of service providers to:
Accurately identify service needs Match those needs to appropriate
interventions
Youth in Foster Care LGBTQ Youth
Juvenile Justice Youth
Pregnant/ Parenting Youth
Victims of Sex Trafficking
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Key Discussion Questions1. Where are the natural intersections of schools
with this model?
2. What specific challenges or barriers would you encounter in applying the model at the youth level in your daily work? At the systems level?
3. What Federal guidance, technical assistance, tools, or policy messages would support implementation of the model?
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Discussion #1
Where are the natural intersections of schools with this model?
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Discussion #2
What specific challenges or barriers would you encounter in applying the model at the youth level in your daily work? At the systems level in your community?
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Discussion #3
What Federal guidance, technical assistance, tools, or policy messages would support implementation of the model?
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Contact Info
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Thank you!
