Learning Community Workgroups
Youth and Young Adults
"Preventing
and Resolving Homelessness Through Successful
Transitions for Youth and Young Adults"
May 4-5, 2006 | Phoenix, AZ
Participant Profiles
Alabama
| Arkansas
| Connecticut
| Delaware
| Florida
| Kentucky
| Massachusetts
| Minnesota
| Oregon
| Rhode
Island | Tennessee
| Vermont
Meeting Materials
Agenda
(Microsoft Word file)
Participant
List (Microsoft Word file)
Meeting
Summary (Microsoft Word file)
Table
of Contents from Notebook (Microsoft Word file)
Plenary Session #1: Understanding the Role of Mainstream
Systems in Contributing to, Preventing and Resolving Homelessness Among
Youth and Young Adults
Overview
Robin Nixon, National
Foster Care Coalition
State Presenations: Getting Systems to Work Together
Florida
Profile (Microsoft Word file)
Tiffney
Teasdel, Child and Youth Division, DC Department of Mental Health
(Microsoft PowerPoint file.) Click for text
descriptions.
District
of Columbia Profile (Microsoft Word file)
Plenary Session #2: Identifying ingredients of seamless,
integrated systems to address and prevent homelessness among youth and
young adults
State Presenations: Challenges and Approaches
to Housing, Services, and Prevention
Sam
Cobbs, First Place Fund for Youth, California (Microsoft PowerPoint
file.)
Click for text
descriptions.
California
Profile (Microsoft Word file)
John
Cheney Egan, Illinois Department of Children and Families
(Microsoft PowerPoint file.) Click for text
descriptions.
Illinois
Profile (Microsoft Word file)
Kevin
George, Oregon Foster Care Services (Microsoft PowerPoint file.)
Click for text
descriptions.
Oregon
Profile (Microsoft Word file)
Plenary Session #3: identifying strategies for increasing
access to age-appropriate resources for youth and young adults experiencing
homelessness
Federal/State Presentations: Discussion of Available
Funding
Curtis Porter, Administration
on Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services
Richard Morris, Office
of Workforce Investment, U.S. Department of Labor
Resources
Fundamental
Issues to Prevent and End Youth Homelessness (Adobe PDF file)
Homeless
Youth: Research, Intervention, and Policy
Reaching
the Hard to Reach: Innovative Housing for Homeless Youth Through Strategic
Partnerships (Adobe PDF file)
Can't Do It Alone: Housing Collaborations to Improve Foster Youth Outcomes
(Adobe PDF file)
Federal
Funding for Youth Housing Programs (Microsoft Word file)
State
Resources for the Homeless: U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
(HUD) (Microsoft Word file)
Private
Foundations That Have Indicated an Interest in Funding Homeless Youth
Programs (Microsoft Word file)
Private Foundations That Have Indicated an Interest in Funding Homeless
Youth Programs Nationally (Microsoft Word file)
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