Project Summary
This is the second phase of work on a larger HUD-funded project to estimate the prevalence of youth homelessness. The goal of this phase is to explore the characteristics of youth experiencing homelessness including educational, child welfare, and juvenile justice experiences using the identified population from the first phase of work. By further exploring the characteristics and experiences of youth who experience homelessness, we hope to aid partner organizations in better identifying and serving this population.
Phase I of this project was a pilot that connected Metro-Denver Homeless Initiative, Trails Child Welfare, and Denver Public Schools data, which informed this proposed project. Specifically, we learned that each of those local data sets substantially contributed to the estimates (i.e., there was not a lot of overlap in the youth identified for each system).
Data Partners
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Colorado Department of Education
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Colorado Department of Human Services – Office of Children, Youth, and Families
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Metro Denver Homeless Initiative & Continuums of Care