This policy brief shares what students, families and educators say makes Upstream Canada effective. It is for schools, community organizations, program leaders and funders who want these perspectives to inform how school-based early intervention is designed and delivered.
Want to learn more about what makes Upstream Canada work?
- For an overview of how it works: Read Brief 21: Upstream Canada: Preventing Youth Homelessness and School Disengagement Through Early Intervention for the model and its approach to early intervention.
- For the evidence behind screening: See Brief 22: Evidence from Universal School-Based Screening for findings on identifying students who may need support.
- See Solving Canada’s Homelessness Crisis Starts Here: Why Preventing Youth Homelessness Is Critical and How to Do it Effectively for a report synthesizing all 24 briefs and evidence on why youth homelessness prevention works, what it costs, and how to implement it.
