Overview
From the Estimating the Prevalence and Probability of Homeless Youth NOFO, HUD awarded funding to Case Western Reserve University, Chapin Hall Center for Children, and the Center for Policy Research to separately estimate youth homelessness by linking administrative data from local entities that serve vulnerable youth. This page will provide Community Guides and Final Comprehensive Reports from each of the three studies. The Community Guides will instruct how stakeholders can link data and estimate youth homelessness locally using each study's methodology. The Final Comprehensive Reports will summarize all analysis and findings.
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University estimated youth homelessness within the Cleveland, Ohio, area by linking administrative data from an existing regionally integrated data system and linked new data from community partners that serve youth experiencing homelessness.
Coming soon:
- Community Guide
- Final Comprehensive Report
Chapin Hall Center for Children
Chapin Hall Center for Children estimated youth homelessness within the Midlands/Columbia Continuum of Care (CoC)—a 13-county region within South Carolina—by mapping and inventorying data from various entities that serve homeless youth, then matching the data with the CoC's robust Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
Coming soon:
- Community Guide
- Final Comprehensive Report
Center for Policy Research
Building a Sustainable and Replicable Approach To Estimating the Prevalence of Youth Homelessness: The Center for Policy Research first estimated youth homelessness by linking administrative data within the Denver, Colorado, area. It then applied insights from that effort to later estimate youth homelessness in a broader geographic area within the state of Colorado.