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Interventions
Preventing Discharge to No Fixed Address for Youth (NFA-Y) Program: Honourable Mention of the 2023 MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards
The Preventing Discharge to No Fixed Address for Youth (NFA-Y) program run as a partnership between Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) and the Lawson Health Research Institute was recently recognized as...
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Bright Mindz Youth Housing Initiative: Honourable Mention of the 2023 MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards
The Bright Mindz youth housing initiative, developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association – Kelowna in Kelowna, BC was recently recognized as an honourable mention for the third annual Making...
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Interventions
Niginan Housing Ventures – Omamoo Wango Gamik Program: MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards Winner
The Omamoo Wango Gamik program developed by Niginan Housing Ventures (NHV) in Edmonton, AB, is an Indigenous-led registered charity that serves those with complex medical, social and housing needs, was...
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Wyndham House – Concurrent Specialized Youth Hub Program: MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards Winner
The Concurrent Specialized Youth Hub program developed by Wyndham House in Guelph, ON was recently selected as one of the winners of the third annual Making the Shift Youth Homelessness...
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General
What is Upstream Canada?
How can we effectively address the largely hidden and pervasively misunderstood problem of youth homelessness in a safe and accessible way? In this blog, we will explore how a promising...
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General
Housing First for Youth: A Program, Systems Approach and Philosophy
Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) is a program, systems approach and philosophy that can be used to guide local system planning decisions, as well as service delivery. In this blog,...