Given the high number of young people experiencing homelessness and housing instability, current housing resources are insufficient to fully address the challenge. To achieve the greatest impact with limited resources, communities across the country are beginning to move from fragmented programs toward coordinated, system-level responses to youth homelessness. To support communities’ efforts, we analyzed the largest national data set combining youth risk assessments (based on the TAY-VI-SPDAT: Next Step Tool for Homeless Youth (NST)) with homelessness systems data. The analysis examined the relationship between risk assessment scores for young people ages 15 to 24, related services offered, and outcomes. We also looked at what the data could tell us about young people’s experiences with homelessness systems.
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