A WAY HOME – YOUTH HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION (AWH)
AWH1: Investing in Early and Upstream Efforts to Prevent Youth Homelessness
Early Intervention with Youth Connected to the Justice System – Nick Blouin, Manager Programs and Partnerships, Homeward Trust Edmonton; Andrea Kocken, Supervisor, YMCA of Northern Alberta
Chosen Family Hosting Investing in the Adults Already in Young Peoples Lives – Mallory VanMeeter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jacqueline White, Executive Director, CloseKnit
‘Implementing Innovation’: Transformational Practices in Youth Homelessness Prevention – Hart Walker, MA Sociology, PhD Candidate Sociology, Evaluation Coordinator, York University; Amanda Buchnea, Toronto Centre of Excellence, Making the Shift Inc.
AWH2: The Dynamics Around “Home” for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
“Home is not really a place”: Young adults post-homelessness experiences of (dis)connection, identity, and belonging – Naomi Thulien, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital
By Youth For Youth – Youth Breaking Barriers Project – Samantha Saige Lobb, Youth Homelessness Prevention and Housing Stabilization Strategy; Bonnie Harkness, 360kids Support Services
Data-Driven Innovation: A Pilot Housing Program for High-Needs Youth under 18 – Nicole Jackson, Impact & Evaluation, Trellis; Jen Hosie, The Boreal, Trellis
AWH3: The Intersectional Realities of Youth Homelessness Interventions
Get it Right: Transitional Housing Occupancy Agreements to Support the Legal and Human Rights of Young People – Claire Millgate, Justice For Children and Youth
Youth Homelessness and Sex Trafficking in Canada – Amanda Noble, Covenant House Toronto; Ben Owens, Covenant House
Soft Landing & Rapid Re-Housing Initiative – Greg Quinn, Choices for Youth; Jolene Cooze, Choices for Youth
AWH4: At the Ground Level – Communities Investing in Youth Homelessness Prevention
The Edmonton Youth Agency Collaboration (YAC): Building a Collaborative, Strategic, System of Complex Care for Youth with Multiple Agencies – Margo Long, YESS
No Where to Go: Learnings from the Peer-Led Youth Homelessness Report in Penticton, B.C. – Jamie Lloyd-Smith, City of Penticton; Melisa Edgerly, City of Penticton
The Jeunes+ Coalition – Cécile Arbaud, Jeunes + Coalition; Mélodie Cordeau, Dans la rue
AWH5: Research Underpinning Making the Shift
Reflective Practice in Homelessness Research and Practice: Firsthand Experiences of Researchers and Practitioners When Working with Youth with Lived/Living Experience of Homelessness – Cas Star, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; Melanie Lusted, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; Ahmad Bonakdar, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Participant Retention in Housing First for Youth Demonstration Project: Successes and Challenges – Athourina David, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Communities of Practice: How Consistent Opportunities for Engagement have Allowed Organizations to Capitalize on Knowledge – Orpah Cundangan, Community Animator, A Way Home Canada
AWH6: Housing First for Youth: Where Adaptations have Galvanized Efforts
Promising Findings from HF4Y Youth Homelessness Prevention Interventions – Cora MacDonald, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH), York University
HF4Y in the Arctic – Tammy Roberts, The Side Door Ministries (Operating as Home Base Yellowknife)
You Can’t do HF4Y without FNS – Heidi Walter, A Way Home Canada; Kim Kakakaway, A Way Home Canada
AWH7: How Data and Trends can Help Us Change the Conversation!
Preventing Discharge to No Fixed Address – Youth (NFA Y) – Cheryl Forchuk, Beryl and Richard Ivey, Lawson Health Research Institute
Exploring Housing Wait Times Relevant to the Prevention and Exit from Youth Homelessness – Ann De Shalit, Ontario Tech University
Harnessing Current Trends and Youth Voices for Strategic Program Development – Robyn Holmes, Connect Youth Inc.; Chelsea Anderson, Connect Youth Inc.
AWH8: Demonstrating the Flexibility of Youth Homelessness Prevention
Implementing Prevention Programs – Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned – Justin Sage-Passant, Covenant House Toronto
Homelessness Prevention through a Trades-Based Enterprise – Emmy Kelly, Blue Door
Omamoo Wango Gamik – Preventing Indigenous youth houselessness during a global pandemic – Cynthia Puddu, MacEwan University; Carola Cunningham, Niginan Housing Ventures