This issue brief reviews the key issues surrounding youth homelessness, including causes and characteristics of homeless youth. It also contains an introductory explanation of the youth housing continuum, a development model for stable and supportive housing for young adults and policy implications regarding youth homelessness. The brief also features the Ten Essentials Your Community Needs to Prevent and End Youth Homelessness, designed by the National Partnership to End Youth Homelessness. (NAEH)
The purpose of this article is to discuss key issues surrounding the causes and characteristics of youth homelessness. It also explains the youth housing continuum, a method for developing stable and supportive housing for youth.