Transcript Hidden in Plain Sight: A Statewide AssessMent of Youth
Members-Only Youth Count!: Point-in-Time Homeless Count Webinar March 21, 2014
Welcome!
Paul Curtis
Executive Director California Coalition for Youth There will be a question/answer session at the end of the presentation. Feel free to type your questions in the chat box during that time, and they will be answered in the order received.
Agenda:
Welcome & Introductions
Legislative & Policy Update – Kim Lewis
Hidden in Plain Sight: Improving Youth Inclusion in Point-in-Time Counts – Colette Auerswald
Questions & Discussion
Closing Remarks
Next webinar date
Legislation We’re Watching:
High Priority Measure AB 1733
(Quirk-Silva)
AB 1806
(Bloom)
AB 2001
(Ammiano)
Subject Public Records Fee Waiver CCY Position
SUPPORT
Status
4/1/14 – Hearing in Asm. Health
Pupil Services: Homeless Children and Youth Homeless Youth Dependency Proceedings
SUPPORT STRONG SUPPORT 3/26/14 – Hearing in Asm. Education 3/13/14 – Referred to Asm. Human Services and Judiciary
Legislation We’re Watching:
High Priority Measure SB 970
(Yee)
SB 1296
(Leno)
TBD RESOLUTION Subject CCY Position Juveniles Solitary Confinement
SUPPORT
Status
4/8/14 – Hearing in Sen. Public Safety
Juvenile Truancy
SUPPORT
California Runaway & Homeless Youth Month
SPONSOR 4/8/14 – Hearing in Sen. Public Safety To be introduced in April
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT:
IMPROVING YOUTH INCLUSION IN POINT-IN-TIME COUNTS CCY Webinar – March 21, 2014 Colette (Coco) Auerswald, MD, MS – UCB School of Public Health [email protected]
Collaboration between the California Homeless Youth Project and the UC, Berkeley School of Public Health
Hidden in Plain Sight Assessment
Goals: Describe current approaches to counting unaccompanied minors and TAY in the PIT count Describe best practices and innovations in California Describe barriers Recommendations Methods: Review of data from CoC reports in 2011 and 2013 Interviews with 31 CoCs and 5 consulting groups conducted in early 2013.
The Numbers: Unsheltered Minors and TAY, 2011 vs. 2013
YEAR
2011 2013
YEAR
2011 2013
No count
33 1
0
16 17
0
0 3
1-10
15 13
11-20 21-100 101-500 500+
3 5 3 2 5 4 1 1
1-20 21-100 101 500
0 7 2 16 6 11
501 1,000 1,001+
1 2 1 2
The Numbers: Unsheltered Minors and TAY, 2011 vs. 2013
YEAR
2011 2013
YEAR
2011 2013
No count
33 1
0
16 17
0
0 3
1-10
15 13
11-20 21-100 101-500 500+
3 5 3 2 5 4 1 1
1-20 21-100 101 500
0 7 2 16 6 11
501 1,000 1,001+
1 2 1 2
PIT Count Numbers: 2011 vs. 2013
45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0
2011 2013 Bay Area .
2011 2013 Central Coast .
2011 2013 Far North .
2011 2013 Inland Empire .
2011 2013 Sacramento .
2011 2013 San Diego .
2011 2013 San Joaquin .
2011 2013 Sierras .
2011 2013 South Coast
Homelessness Reports - http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewHomelessRpts
Youth Numbers: 2011 vs. 2013
6000 5000 1339 4000 302 298 3000 4418 2000 3681 3094 433 456 1000 0 1033
2011 2013 Bay Area
170 183 922
.
2011 2013 Central Coast .
26 201 177 387
2011 2013 Far North 2011 2013 .
Inland Empire .
21 0 29 117
2011 2013 Sacramento .
Homelessness Reports - http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewHomelessRpts 95 148 0 379
2011 2013 San Diego
332
.
5 462 0
2011 2013 San Joaquin .
3 0 8 23
2011 2013 Sierras .
2011 2013 South Coast
TAY Minors
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes Changes to count methods Youth specific counts
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Include
unaccompanied minor and TAY categories
in PIT count.
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes
Include youth providers
in PIT count planning:
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes Collaborate with
McKinney-Vento
school liaisons:
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes
Include youth
in PIT count planning
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes Changes to count methods Include youth service
providers and youth
themselves as enumerators.
Incentivize
youth participants.
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes Changes to count methods Include
youth-inclusive or youth-specific, flexible enumeration
routes, times of day, or survey sites: “We targeted areas that youth knew specifically were more likely to find homeless youth.”
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes Changes to count methods Include
youth-related survey questions
in PIT count interviews
Findings: Methods for youth inclusion Minimal changes Changes to planning processes Changes to count methods Youth specific counts Implement many of the changes described, and Conduct a
dedicated, youth-specific count
Findings: Youth-Specific Barriers
Hard to
identify
Sub-groups
of youth
Findings: CoC-related barriers
Limited integration
of youth service providers
Geographical
factors
Winter
weather conditions
Findings: Methodological Barriers
Wariness
of statistical methods Concerns about ability to
compare results over time
Inexperience
with counting TAY
Findings: Structural Barriers
Lack of
funding
Limited
provider capacity
Concerns regarding
reporting obligations
Concerns regarding
implications of increasing numbers
Conflicting definitions
of homelessness
Recommendations: Policy
Clarification
of the goals and outcomes of the PIT count on a federal and local level.
Assurance
that increases in PIT count numbers related to efforts to conduct more youth inclusive counts will be praised, not penalized.
Recognition
that standardized PIT count methods may lead to systematic undercounting.
Recommendations: Policy
Expansion
of the PIT count definition of youth homelessness.
Coordination
of definitions and data systems for the homeless across federal level programs.
Funding
PIT count efforts overall and youth specific efforts in particular.
Next Steps: Technical Assistance and Structural Change
Technical Assistance Project: Three phases Phase 1: Technical Assistance for all CoCs.
Phase 2: One-on-one technical assistance for two CoCs.
Phase 3: Structural interventions informed by study findings.
Convenings: Spring 2014
8 day-long regional convenings
CoC’s, partnering youth agency(ies), and school liaisons.
Travel costs reimbursed. Stipends as needed to support attendance.
Convenings: Spring 2014
Logistics and Materials
enumeration.
for training, promotion, and Moving one step along the continuum
Engaging youth Engaging local partners
RHY
providers and other youth providers.
McKinney-Vento
liaisons.
Other youth serving agencies Leveraging resources
Support for enumeration using
multiple definitions of youth homelessness
Seed Grants
Seed grants for youth-specific counting initiatives Examples of potential initiatives: Youth advisory boards Stipends for youth enumerators Reimbursing youth for participating in youth surveys Advertising counts to youth Hosting events to draw youth to be counted Sharing information back with the community Other practices as determined by communities
Standardized survey
For CoC’s conducting a survey, development of an instrument that will be: Brief Inclusive of HUD and McKinney-Vento definitions Compatible with HMIS Standardized across CoC’s (for data aggregation)
One-on-One Technical Assistance
Provision of intensive technical assistance to two mid to-low-resource communities for the 2015 PIT count.
Goals: To serve one rural and one mixed site.
Support local capacity for improving count practices.
Share ongoing work with larger community.
Structural Change
Working federally to: Clarify HUD policies about the count Broaden the data that can be reported to federal partners Working with legislators to: Prioritize youth counts Increase awareness of the scope of the problem Working with local CoCs and advocates to: Employ numbers for advocacy and funding
We need you!!
Youth cannot be counted without the
collaboration of those who work with them!
Shahera Hyatt, MSW California Homeless Youth Project Coco Auerswald, MD, MS UCB School of Public Health Laura Petry, MSW ’14 UCB School of Social Welfare Jess Lin, MPH UCB School of Public Health
Thank you!
To access the full report, visit http://cahomelessyouth.library.ca.gov/publications.
html Coco Auerswald, MD, MS: [email protected]
Shahera Hyatt, MSW: [email protected]
Jess Lin, MPH: [email protected]
Laura Petry: [email protected]
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