Children, Youth & Families

Engaging the Families of Transgender and Gender Diverse Children

Pediatric providers serve a critically important role in guiding and supporting the families of children under their care. Because of this role, the parents, guardians, and other caregivers (hereafter referred to as families) of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children and adolescents may reach out to their pediatric providers soon after learning of their child’s […]

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Supportive Housing and Health Services for LGBTQIA+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Promising Practices

Presented by National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center This publication addresses health disparities that LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness face and focuses on ways to increase engagement of LGBTQIA+ youth into health and housing programs. Download Research (PDF)

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Supplemental Anticipatory Guidance for Children and Adolescents Experiencing Homelessness

Presented by Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network A key component of well-child visits, anticipatory guidance—a proactive, age-based education and counseling technique—provides an opportunity for health care professionals, parents, and the child to ask questions and discuss issues of concern. This publication supplements standard anticipatory guidance to account for the unique challenges presented by

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Engaging Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Core Practices and Services

Presented by National Health Care for the Homeless Council This publication describes in-depth practices and services that HCH agencies have found to be helpful in engaging youth experiencing homelessness. It incorporates trauma-informed, consumer-driven principles and addresses various challenges in youth engagement, providing a multitude of resources for information and guidance. Download Research (PDF)

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Engaging Homeless Youth: Recommendations and Resources

Presented by National Health Care for the Homeless Council Understanding the totality of youth homelessness is essential to engagement and the development of interventions and policies that promote the wellbeing of young people experiencing homelessness. All clinicians, administrators, and policy and advocacy staff working for or with youth populations (ages 12-24) would benefit from a

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In Focus: Behavioral Health among Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Presented by National Health Care for the Homeless Council National Health Care for the Homeless Council | This issue of In Focus provides a synthesis of recent literature on behavioral health issues among homeless youth. It gives an overview of the homeless youth population, prevalence of behavioral health issues, factors that can impact these issues,

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America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness

Presented by National Center on Family Homelessness This report presents the clearest snapshot yet of the 2.5 million children who are homeless each year—where they live and the consequences of their precarious situations. The report documents the extent of child homelessness, child well-being, risk for child homelessness, and policy and planning efforts for each state.

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Identifying and Serving LGBTQ Youth: Case Studies of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs

Presented by Mathematica Policy Research To better understand provider experiences serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) runaway and homeless youth, this case study of four local agencies receiving grants from the Administration for Children and Family’s Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program reports on programs’ strategies for identifying and serving LGBTQ RHY, the

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