Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey

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1. Government of Canada 1.1 The Government of Canada should implement a Youth Homelessness Strategy supported by a targeted investment. Following the Policy Brief on Youth Homelessness developed by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and A Way Home Canada, the federal Youth Homelessness Strategy should focus on: a) Community Planning: Designated communities should be supported to develop and implement plans to prevent and end youth homelessness embedded in systems of care with measurable targets for reducing the problem. b) Program interventions focusing specifically on prevention and moving youth out of homelessness as rapidly as possible (through Housing First for Youth, for instance). c) Support for Indigenous youth. d) Knowledge development and data management support specific to youth homelessness. e) Federal/provincial/territorial planning table to support planning and implementation on housing and homelessness, with a focus on youth homelessness. 1.2 The Prime Minister, as the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth, should convene an Inter-Ministerial planning and coordination table. This table will monitor inter-ministerial coordination and report to the Prime Minister on strategy and progress on youth homelessness. 114 WITHOUT A HOME: THE NATIONAL YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SURVEY
2. Provincial and Territorial Governments 2.1 All provincial and territorial governments should implement targeted strategies to prevent and end youth homelessness as part of their broader homelessness strategies. Provincial and territorial governments should be key players in addressing youth homelessness, yet currently only two provinces have identified this as a priority (Ontario and Alberta). Youth homelessness is a ‘fusion policy’ issue that touches on many responsibilities of provincial governments, including housing, municipal services, child and family services, education, health, employment, and justice. Provincial plans should focus on: a) Supporting community planning processes, including targeted funding for work on youth homelessness. b) Adopting the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness’ definition of youth homelessness, which includes youth between the ages of 13-24, and ensuring ministries work within this framework. c) Prioritizing youth homelessness prevention. d) Supporting implementation of Housing First for Youth. e) Inter-ministerial planning tables to coordinate activities within government and to hold each ministry accountable for its role in preventing and ending youth homelessness. f) Conducting a jurisdictional review to ensure provincial legislation and policy does not become a barrier to action on youth homelessness (i.e. age cut offs that deny services and supports to young people based on the assumption they are currently in the care of parents or guardians). g) Setting real and measurable targets for the reduction of youth homelessness. WITHOUT A HOME: THE NATIONAL YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SURVEY 115
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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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YOUTH HOMELESSNESS continues to be
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BECOMING HOMELESS: PATHWAYS INTO HO
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3. Involvement in Child Protection
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• High levels of chronicity - Alm
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• Transitional supports for young
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• We must intervene before youth
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4. Community strategies should nece
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YOUTH HOMELESSNESS is a significant
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Our approach to data analysis was d
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METHODOLOGY How was the research co
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SECTION 5 - DISCUSSION: IMPLICATION
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YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS (ages
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Young people can be grouped into th
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2.4 LGBTQ2S Youth Research on youth
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SECTION 3: BECOMING HOMELESS
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Finally, structural factors contrib
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FIGURE 1 Pathways into homelessness
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FIGURE 2 Age of first homelessness
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Importantly, our data also shows th
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Personal factors contributing to ho
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It should be expected that young pe
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Transitions from care should be a p
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Some important differences exist am
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3.4 Experiences in School While the
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at some point during their time in
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FIGURE 6 Factors that undermine sch
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THE PATHWAYS INTO HOMELESSNESS ARE
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4.1 Housing Housing instability is
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60% of the chronically homeless pop
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Page 79 and 80: Criminal victimization amongst the
Page 81 and 82: TABLE 23 Sexual assault: Gender In
Page 83 and 84: TABLE 25 People you can count on Do
Page 85 and 86: 8.2% responded negatively (disagree
Page 87 and 88: TABLE 27 Self-esteem Levels of self
Page 89 and 90: “I NEVER QUIT. I moved forward th
Page 91 and 92: THE WITHOUT A HOME STUDY IS THE FIR
Page 93 and 94: Colonialism, intergenerational trau
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Page 107 and 108: 5.7 Building Resilience, Assets, an
Page 109 and 110: Reconnecting with family While fami
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Page 113: PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELES
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Page 121 and 122: 3.9 Mental health and addictions ne
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