Ending youth homelessness requires that we make it rare, brief, and one-time. In the third of three policy briefs exploring solutions to end youth homelessness, this document focuses on what it takes to ensure that young people sustain their housing for good. What drives youth homelessness, and what keeps a young person stably housed long-term?…
No young person should find themselves without a safe and stable place to call home. Yet an estimated 4.2 million young people will likely experience homelessness this year in the United States, and most are Black, Brown, and/or LGBTQ+. The need for bold action to end youth homelessness is increasingly urgent as we continue to…
California is home to nearly 1/3 of all youth experiencing homelessness in the nation. On any given night, more than 1,200 young people have no safe, reliable place to sleep in San Francisco. As 50% of all people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco first experienced it before the age of 25, resourcing transitional youth with…
Larkin Street’s vision is not merely to interrupt youth homelessness, but to end it. In addition to our direct service work, we engage at the systems level to address the root causes of homelessness that prevent young people from reaching their full potential. To that end, we’re excited to release our new policy platform. How…
No young person should find themselves without a safe and stable place to call home. Yet across the country, one in 10 young people ages 12 to 25 will experience some form of homelessness in a given year. Our 2018 Report on Incidence and Needs of Youth and Young Adult Homelessness in San Francisco, produced by…
