Project Overview
YARH has two main goals: The first was to support communities in designing comprehensive service models intended to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults involved in the child welfare system. The second is to test one of these models to build the evidence base on promising strategies that support these youth.
Preventing homelessness is a complicated multifaceted process, and so is evaluating programs with that goal. YARH supports communities in doing this work and adding to the field’s knowledge of how to address youth homelessness.
State, county, and tribal child welfare agencies, community-based organizations, service providers.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation

To build the evidence base on what works to prevent homelessness for those who have been involved in the child welfare system, the Children’s Bureau funded a multiphase grant program, referred to as Youth at Risk of Homelessness (YARH).
Evidence & Insights From This Project

Webinar: Learning Together to Prevent Homelessness for Youth and Young Adults with Child Welfare Involvement
Learn MoreLessons from a Federal Initiative to Build Capacity to End Youth Homelessness (Issue Brief)
Analysis of Data on Youth with Child Welfare Involvement at Risk of Homelessness (Issue Brief)
Using a Predictive Risk Model to Identify Youth at Risk for Homelessness (Lessons from the Field)
Sustaining Efforts to Reduce Youth Homelessness Without Additional Federal Funding (Issue Brief)
Forging Partnerships (In the Spotlight)
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