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Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, A Way Home Canada
Publication Date: 2018
It is time for a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to youth homelessness. The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness is designed to help service providers, policy makers, communities, advocates, researchers, and all people in Canada better understand the meaning of youth homelessness prevention. It provides a clear definition of youth homelessness prevention, a prevention typology, and a common language for policy and practice,...
Publication Date: 2018
This report provides a broad picture of homelessness in British Columbia, with coverage of more than 85 percent of the province by population. It details important baseline information on the estimated number, key demographic, and service provision needs of people experiencing homelessness in B.C. communities.
Publication Date: 2018
Most European countries report rising numbers of people experiencing homelessness. For those with mental disorders, interventions are centered on achieving mental health and drug rehabilitation alongside housing readiness, often to the detriment of access to housing. Notwithstanding, more European countries are investing in a new model, Housing First (HF), which postulates immediate access to permanent housing with no initial requirements for tre...
Publication Date: 2018
The October 2019 “Preventing and Sustaining Exits from Youth Homelessness in Canada” Edition of Parity
Parity is the national publication of the Council to Homeless Persons, and is the national homelessness publication in Australia. Learn more about Parity here!
One of the aims of the October 2019 publication is to give everyone working on youth homelessness prevention in Canada the opportunity to have their say about planning, policy, and practi...
Publication Date: 2018
In this report we tackle the critical issue of Duty to Assist – a human rights approach to youth homelessness prevention. A Duty to Assist means there is a statutory obligation, or a legal duty, requiring local authorities make reasonable efforts to end the person’s homelessness or stabilize their housing. Adapting legislation and practice originating from Wales, this report outlines an innovative and potentially impactful way in which Duty to As...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, A Way Home Canada
Publication Date: 2018
In this report we tackle the critical issue of housing stabilization for youth who have exited homelessness – a key component of any comprehensive approach to youth homelessness prevention. Housing stabilization for youth should include a focus on well-being embedded within each form of housing stabilization:
Housing Supports
Health & Well-being
Access to Income & Education
Complementary Supports
Social Inclusion
This report also conside...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, A Way Home Canada
Publication Date: 2018
In this report we tackle the critical issue of evictions prevention – a key component of any comprehensive approach to youth homelessness prevention. This report outlines five key forms of evictions prevention:
Strengthening Laws and Legislation Protecting Tenants
Provision of Information and Advice for Youth and Their Families
Provision of Financial Supports for Tenants
Access to Legal Supports, Advice, and Representation
Targeted and Timely C...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, A Way Home Canada
Publication Date: 2018
In this report we tackle the critical issue of early intervention – a key component of any comprehensive approach to youth homelessness prevention. This report outlines a system of care for early intervention, drawing together three key areas of focus: (a) Integrated Services, Integrated Systems; (b) Coordinated Entry; and (c) Case Management. This system of care provides the framework for implementing five early intervention program areas, inclu...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, A Way Home Canada
Publication Date: 2018
In this report we tackle the critical issue of systems prevention – a key component of any comprehensive approach to youth homelessness prevention. This report outlines three primary domains of systems prevention:
Transition supports for youth exiting public institutions and systems.
Enhancing youths’ ability to equitably access and benefit from public systems, supports, and entitlements.
Improving youths’ experiences and outcomes in public syst...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, A Way Home Canada
Publication Date: 2018
In this report we tackle the critical issue of structural prevention – a key component of any comprehensive approach to youth homelessness prevention.
This report outlines 8 forms of structural youth homelessness prevention:
Poverty Reduction
Increasing the Availability of Affordable Housing
Addressing Inequity and Discrimination
Structural Prevention of Homelessness for Indigenous Youth
Breaking the Link Between Youth Homelessness, Migration, a...
Publication Date: 2018
It is time for a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to youth homelessness. The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness is designed to help service providers, policy makers, communities, advocates, researchers, and all people in Canada better understand the meaning of youth homelessness prevention. It provides a clear definition of youth homelessness prevention, a prevention typology, and a common language for policy and practice,...
Organization: Hub Solutions
Publication Date: 2018
The EPIC program was launched in March 2017 by the Shelter, Support and Housing Administration (SSHA), a Division of the City of Toronto. EPIC is a one-year pilot project that provides wrap around eviction prevention services in order to help tenants facing imminent risk of eviction.
EPIC uses a blended model of direct and contracted community agency service delivery. The EPIC team lead assigns clients to the community agencies based upon geogra...
Organization: Human Development Council
Publication Date: 2018
This report highlights New Brunswick findings from the national 2018 Point-in-Time (PiT) Count,
“Everyone Counts”. The count, which took place in Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, and Bathurst,
occurred on March 15th, 2018. This was the second nationally coordinated PiT Count under the
Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS). The first, conducted in 2016,
included 32 cities nationwide. In 2018, this expanded to more than 60...
Publication Date: 2018
The four communities of Belleville, Quinte West, Madoc and Bancroft took part in the national Point-in-Time (PiT) homeless count during the week of April 17, 2018. This presentation highlights key findings from the count.
Organization: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; A Way Home Canada
Publication Date: 2018
In partnership with the COH, A Way Home Canada and The Home Depot Foundation, Without a Home is a national study of young people who experience homelessness. First held in 2015, it was the first and the largest of its kind in Canada. Since the release of Without a Home: The National Youth Survey on Homelessness, we now have robust data on youth experiences of homelessness, and the causes and conditions of youth homelessness. The data has informed...
Organization: Region of Waterloo Community Services; Region of Waterloo Housing Services
Publication Date: 2018
This report provides an update on housing and homelessness, as informed by the 2017/18 Housing Stability Data Summary, the April 2018 Point-in-Time Count, as well as shelter data from April to July 2018 sourced from the new, web-based Homeless Individuals and Families Information System or HIFIS 4. The last update was provided to Community Services Committee in December 2017 (see CSD-HOU-17-28). The current report includes new data and additional...
Publication Date: 2018
Everyone Counts, Brandon’s third Point-In-Time (PiT) Count of people experiencing homelessness, is about giving a voice to people struggling to find a place to call home. The information gathered on April 12, 2018 about people experiencing homelessness in Brandon helps us better understand the challenges they face and how we can best respond to solve the problem as a community. This year’s PiT Count shows we have had success tackling absolute hom...
Publication Date: 2018
Everyone Counts 2018, the second HPS Coordinated Point-in-Time Count, was held in March and April 2018 to continue to help communities measure their progress in reducing homelessness. The second count strengthens the focus on engaging homeless youth and Indigenous populations.
All HPS designated communities were encouraged to participate in the 2018 Coordinated PiT Count. For communities that participated in the 2016 count, it will provide a seco...
Publication Date: 2018
This homelessness enumeration was part of a Cross-Canada initiative. It was part of the second homelessness count coordinated among communities across Canada supported by the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS). A homelessness count was also a requirement of the Province for all municipal Service Managers to conduct surveys of people experiencing homelessness in their communities. The results of these surveys will contri...