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Destination: Home > Plan Components > Commission > Homeless Youth Coalition > Recommendations Recommendations to the Commission on Homelessnessre: Addressing Youth Homelessness in Evansville & Vanderburgh County
The Homeless Youth Council presented its recommendations to the Commission on Homelessness at the regular Commission meeting on Thurs., Jan. 10, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mayor's conference room 302 in the Civic Centre. The Commission members voted to take the recommendation under advisement, giving members the opportunity to look over the document. A vote will be taken at the next meeting on Feb. 14, 2008.
UPDATE: At the Feb. 14, 2008, meeting of the Commission on Homelessness, the Homeless Youth Council's recommendations were approved with amendments made to the three related to data gathering. All others were approved as submitted.
The initial meeting for the ongoing Homeless Youth Coalition is set for Thurs., March 6, 2008 at 12:00 noon at Old National Bank downtown.
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Download the recommendations document (PDF formats): (download free Acrobat Reader)
The following information is a summary of the full document. The recommendations are formatted to include the same components as the overall Destination: Home plan. The headings for each component are linked to the Destination: Home components on this site. (To download the entire ten-year plan, see the link to the left.)
Summary of Recommendations of the Homeless Youth Council January 10, 2008
It became important in our discussions to understand and define the two populations of homeless youth: (1) youth in shelters with their families and (2) youth who are unaccompanied (without parents/family). We realized the importance of including youth who are no longer minors as part of our definition. Consequently, these recommendations primarily address unaccompanied youth and young adults between the ages of 13 and 23, further referred to as “youth.”
PLAN for Outcomes – Using data to develop local outcomes to end youth homelessness
CLOSE the front door to youth homelessness
Family conflict and violence, foster care placement and involvement in the juvenile justice system have been cited as the three primary causes of youth homelessness. In addition, studies of families demonstrate a correlation in family housing stability and youth homelessness.
OPEN the back door to leave youth homelessness
Evansville is the only city of significant size in the state of Indiana that does not have Drop-In Center or some form of emergency shelter for youth (13 to 17 year olds and 18 to 21 year olds). We recommend the development of a center that includes both outreach services and emergency shelter.
Accountability and Monitoring of Recommendations
We recommend that an ongoing Homeless Youth Coalition be formed to implement the Homeless Youth Council’s recommendations and to report on progress to the Commission on Homelessness. This coalition would be made up of representatives of youth-serving organizations, funders, and other community leaders. Its charge is the development of three- and five-year goals and strategies for ending youth homelessness and serving those at risk of homelessness.
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