LGBTQ Homeless Youth Prevention Initative: Houston Funders' Tool Kit

NEST is The Way Home’s effort to prevent and end homelessness among youth and young adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ) by 2020 in Houston, Harris County, and Fort Bend County. Public systems are a critical intervention point: schools, child welfare, and juvenile justice all represent opportunities for risk identification and mitigation for this group. A range of responses is needed: Families need support to stay together. Many youth/young adults need trauma-informed services. Shelters need to respond to the needs of youth/young adults, and more affordable housing is needed.

Publication Date: 
2016