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youth homelessness

5/18/2026

A lifeline or ‘dystopian’?: Schools open parking lots for homeless students and families

As family homelessness hits record highs, a few school districts offer parking lots as safe sites for students and their families to sleep at night.

4/23/2026

Hundreds of Young Adults in Washington’s Extended Foster Care Face Homelessness. Will the State Provide More Housing Aid?

For two years, Washington lawmakers have failed to pass bills addressing housing instability among young adults in extended foster care.

3/24/2026

The Hidden Part about Foster Care

They make foster care seem like you will be in a safer place. But my experience in foster care was anything but that, writes Amber Skarhus.

7/28/2025

Minnesota Homeless Youth Providers Handle Growing Need Amid Future Uncertainty

An expansion of services comes amid growing uncertainty for groups serving Minnesota’s homeless youth population.

Youth Services Insider
Trump’s Planned Spending on Child Welfare and Youth Justice

7/15/2025

Is the Trump Administration Slow-killing Certain Grants?

Dozens of child welfare and youth justice grant opportunities are still stuck a the starting line with few days left in the fiscal year

5/1/2025

Rental Subsidies Reduce Future Homelessness for Young Adults in Los Angeles, Study Finds

Young adults who receive a short-term subsidy for rental housing are significantly less likely to become homeless in the future, according to a study released Wednesday by researchers with the California Policy Lab housed at UCLA.

What Does It Mean to Be "Okay?"

4/29/2025

Remove the Barriers to Solving Youth Homelessness

We can't talk about youth homelessness without addressing issues such as access to healthcare and economic mobility, writes Destiny Jackson.

1/7/2025

Gyasi Mitchell Was Unhoused and Depressed, But Didn’t Trust Therapists. That Began to Change With a Basketball Game.

For many young people, finding peer support can be the first step to accessing effective mental health care.

2/28/2024

A Minneapolis Coffee Shop Combats Youth Homelessness — One Employee at a Time

In Minneapolis, Wildflyer Coffee's four-month work training program offers employment and services to youth experience homelessness.