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Interventions
Early Intervention and Prevention: How the COSS Model Shapes Australia’s Approach to Youth Homelessness
The Community of School and Services (COSS) has become a key player in homelessness policy discussions across Australia. This evidence-based approach aims to prevent youth homelessness by proactively identifying and supporting...
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Direct Cash Transfers: Re-imagining Homelessness Prevention through Dignity and Choice
What Are Direct Cash Transfers? Direct Cash Transfers (DCTs) are unconditional payments made to individuals experiencing poverty or homelessness, based on a simple, powerful principle: people are the experts of...
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From Reactive Responses to Prevention-Focused Interventions: How Municipalities Can Tackle Youth Homelessness
The homelessness crisis in Ontario has reached alarming levels, and the latest report by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) paints a stark picture. Over the past decade, we’ve...
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Eviction Prevention Pays Off: How BC Rent Bank Saves Homes and Government Dollars
Introduction BC Rent Bank, a project of Vancity Community Foundation funded by the Government of British Columbia (BC), partners with local community partners to provide no-interest loans for rent arrears,...
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OneRoof Program: MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards Winner
The OneRoof program developed by Kingston HomeBase, in Kingston, ON, was recently selected as one of the winners of the fourth annual Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards. We...
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Youth Perspectives on Wraparound Supports
The Family and Natural Supports (FNS) intervention aims to prevent youth homelessness. As part of the Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab, which sought to test the efficacy...
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Building Better Futures: 360°kids’ Black Youth Housing Project
The Problem: A Stark Reality Although research on Black youth continues to be limited, the available data makes it clear that Black youth are overrepresented among youth experiencing homelessness. For...
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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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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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Decolonizing Research Ethics Using Indigenous Knowledges
Research involving Indigenous Peoples often results in little or no benefit to the communities involved and, in many instances, is still causing harm. To ensure such research is safe and...