Latest Contributions
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Report
International Transitions from Child Protection Symposium – Pre-Read
We’re very excited to have you join us for the 2023 International Transitions from Child Protection Symposium on October 12-13 2023. We have put together this pre-read package to help...
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Report
Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget
A Way Home Canada recently submitted this pre-budget submission which asks the federal government to consider a Federal Youth Homelessness Prevention strategy. The Youth Strategy under Reaching Home presents an...
Latest Blog
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Transitions from Child Protection: International Lessons to Prevent Youth Homelessness in Canada
Join us for the International Transitions from Child Protection Symposium in Richmond, BC October 12-13, 2023. Register here. Continue reading to learn more. Child protection services play a key role...
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Realizing the Rights of Children and Youth
How do the rights of children and youth and housing rights intersect? What are the implications for young people and families at-risk of or experiencing homelessness? To date, these questions...
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Duty to Assist As a Way to Accelerate Canada’s Obligations Under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and General Comment 21 on Children in Street Situations
For the past year we have been working on Duty to Assist, exploring the Welsh model and co-designing a prototype in Hamilton, ON, to explore how it could be adapted...
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Want to Get the Best Possible Outcomes for Young People and Their Families? Make the Shift to Prevention!
• 78% of youth who have participated in programming have achieved housing stability. • 96% of youth involved in the program are employed or self-employed and/or have returned to school....
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The Story that Needs to Be Told
We can’t expect policies and practices to change without the presence of good quality research and data that support the need for policy and practice shifts. At a most basic...
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Youth Homelessness Prevention – What’s the Evidence?
Research on youth homelessness indicates the dire need for a preventative approach. Once homeless, young people often face exposure to violence, profound mental health distress, barriers to education and employment,...