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.
Learn more about YARH on OPRE's website.
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

Alameda County’s Youth Transitions Partnership Program: Lessons on Program Material Design
This brief describes in detail how the Youth Transitions Partnership (YTP) in Alameda County, California revised their program enrollment materials to improve youth enrollment and early engagement in YTP.
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)
Creating and Maintaining Partner Buy-in and Commitment to Sharing Data (Lessons from the Field)
Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Transition-Age Youth and Young Adults in Foster Care
Youth At-Risk of Homelessness: An Early Picture of Youth and Services – Descriptive Report
Youth At-Risk of Homelessness: Design for an Implementation Study of "Pathways to Success"
Using Housing Vouchers to Support Youth with Child Welfare Experience at Risk of Homelessness
Building from Success
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