Latest Contributions
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Preventing Youth Homelessness Through Relational Practice: Qualitative Insights From the Family and Natural Supports Program in Canada
For many young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, family and other trusted relationships can play an important role in creating stability. This study looks at how Family and...
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Prevention Pays Off: The Economic Case for Investing in Youth Homelessness Prevention
This policy brief compares the costs of prevention and crisis responses to make the economic case for investing earlier. It is for governments, funders and decision-makers who need evidence to...
Latest Blog
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General
New Research Confirms Housing First Works and Treatment First Doesn’t
A new study out of the United States, led by UC Berkeley researcher Sydney Costantini, provides some of the strongest evidence to emerge in recent years that Housing First not...
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Interventions
What Prince William’s Homewards Program Taught Us About Taking Youth Homelessness Prevention to Scale
In March 2026, a three-year journey brought me to Bournemouth, England and to a conversation with Prince William about his Royal Foundation’s Homewards program and what it actually takes to...
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General
From Crisis Response to Prevention: Lessons from Making the Shift Research
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Interventions
Why School-Based Youth Homelessness Prevention Works
For youth at risk of homelessness, schools can serve as a critical entry point for intervention, support and stability. Schools are more than just places of learning. They are hubs...
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Interventions
Preventing Youth Homelessness Before it Starts: Introducing the Reconnect Program Model Guide and Operations Manual
Imagine a future where youth homelessness is not a crisis we respond to, but something we prevent before it begins. That’s the vision behind Reconnect—an evidence-based program model for preventing...
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Prevention of Youth Homelessness Conference
Turning Momentum into Action: Reflections on the First International Conference on the Prevention of Youth Homelessness
Last month, we gathered in Toronto for a transformative conference focused on preventing youth homelessness, and we must say, it was truly inspiring. From the beginning, there was an undeniable...