20 Apr 2016
Brief

Community-Wide Prevention of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness: Lessons Learned During Planning Phase

in the summer of 2014 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative to identify successful strategies for ensuring that no young person is left without a home because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.

This brief summarizes the lessons learned and recommendations of the initiative. The initiative began with two pilot communities that developed local, community-wide prevention plans, which they started implementing in fall of 2014.

Read the full report on which this brief is based: Review of the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative Planning Phase.

Related Projects

Project

Preventing Homelessness in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth

Research reveals that experiencing marginalization, physical or verbal threats, discrimination, and trauma can undermine physical, social, emotional, and mental health. This can be particularly true for LGBTQ youth. AIR is supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the True Colors Fund on a first-of-its-kind project: The LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative. Its aim is to identify successful strategies to ensure that no young person is left without a home because of their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Related Work

20 Apr 2016
Report

Review of the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative Planning Phase

Data show that LGBTQ youth represent up to 40% of the approximately 550,000 unaccompanied, single youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in the United States. To address this issue the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development launched the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative. This report summarizes AIR's review of the planning phase of the initiative.
Topic: 
Education, LGBTQ Youth

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