A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness released Opportunity Knocks: Prioritizing Canada’s Most Vulnerable Youth.
The brief articulates the vision of a distinct, youth-focused funding stream through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS). It focuses on four strategies:
A) Community Planning and Systems Coordination
B) Program Interventions
C) Governance and Structure
D) Data Collection and Research
It also introduces youth-centred outcomes that can be supported and leveraged across Federal departments:
- Increased housing stability for youth;
- Prevention of youth homelessness;
- Healthy transitions to adulthood;
- Enhanced educational participation and achievement;
- Stronger employment and labour market participation outcomes; and
- Increased resiliency in homeless youth and youth at risk of becoming homeless.Download the full brief at: http://www.homelesshub.ca/opportunityknocks
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