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Maryland's First Unaccompanied Homeless Youth & Young Adult Count (Reach out, Engage, Assist, & Count to end Homelessness) Maryland’s First Unaccompanied Homeless Youth & Young Adult Count: Findings from Youth REACH MD Phase 2 May 2016 Prepared by The Institute for Innovation & Implementation, University of Maryland School of Social Work for the Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development and the Youth REACH MD Steering Committee Acknowledgements: This report is the result of the dedication and hard work of the Youth REACH MD Steering Committee and the six local Continuums of Care who participated in the Demonstration Count. The Steering Committee is grateful to the Maryland General Assembly for their continued support of this work, as well as to the 2013 Maryland Task Force to Study Housing and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth and the Interagency Council on Homelessness for their guidance and recommendations. Funding for the Demonstration Project was provided by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. Special thanks to the Baltimore Homeless Youth Initiative (BHYI) and the Youth Empowered Society (YES; http://www.yesdropincenter.org/) for their input throughout this process. Their assistance was a crucial asset to the project. Thank you to the 1,223 youth and young adults who completed the survey and to the many volunteers and staff who participated in the count. We could not have done this without you! Phase 2 Youth REACH MD Steering Committee Members Patricia E. Arriaza, Governor’s Office for Children Valerie Ashton-Thomas, Maryland State Department of Education Adrienne Breidenstine, The Journey Home (Baltimore City) Josh Brusca, Maryland Department of Human Resources Stuart Campbell, Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development Sue DeSantis, Baltimore County Department of Planning Kelleigh Eastman, The Journey Home (Baltimore City) Shannon Frey, Somerset County Health Department Diana Fulchiron, Washington County Community Action Council Carol Gilbert, Department of Housing & Community Development Elizabeth Greeno, University of Maryland School of Social Work Deborah Harburger, University of Maryland School of Social Work Bernard Hennigan, Baltimore County Public Schools Torsten Knabe, Office of Delegate Mary Washington Jim Kunz, McDaniel College Ingrid Löfgren, Homeless Persons Representation Project Danielle Meister, The Journey Home (Baltimore City) Suann Myers, Anne Arundel County Public Schools Bridget Patton, Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Human Services Kathryn Philliben, Sarah’s House (Anne Arundel County) Ross Pologe, Prince George’s County Department of Social Services Renee Pope, Prince George’s County Department of Social Services Greta Rolland, Homeless Alliance for the Lower Shore Adam Schneider, Health Care for the Homeless Jamie Sexton, Office of Delegate Mary Washington Ryan Shannahan, University of Maryland School of Social Work Terry Shaw, University of Maryland School of Social Work Heather Sheridan, Maryland Department of Human Resources Mary Jo Slowey, Baltimore County Public Schools Jay Unick, University of Maryland School of Social Work Mary Washington, Maryland General Assembly Steven Youngblood, Maryland Department of Human Resources Suggested citation: Shannahan, R., Harburger, D.S., Unick, J., Greeno, E. & Shaw, T. (2016). Findings from Maryland’s First Unaccompanied Homeless Youth & Young Adult Count: Youth REACH MD Phase 2 Report. Baltimore, MD: The Institute for Innovation & Implementation, University of Maryland School of Social Work. Table of Contents Note to Readers ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction & Purpose ............................................................................................................................... 3 Methods ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 State Preparation & CoC Engagement.................................................................................................... 5 Refining the Definition ............................................................................................................................. 6 Social Marketing & Incentives ................................................................................................................. 7 Local Implementation .............................................................................................................................. 7 School Engagement ............................................................................................................................... 10 Enumeration ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Data Strategy .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Findings ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Results from the Survey ......................................................................................................................... 12 A Closer Look: Survey & HMIS Data in Baltimore City ......................................................................... 19 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Works Cited ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Appendices ................................................................................................................................................. 23 Appendix 1: Youth REACH MD Definition Guidance ............................................................................. 24 Appendix 2: Youth REACH MD Survey .................................................................................................. 26 Appendix 3: Local Implementation Strategies ..................................................................................... 32 Anne Arundel County ......................................................................................................................... 32 Baltimore City ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Baltimore County ............................................................................................................................... 33 Prince George's County ..................................................................................................................... 34 Lower Shore ....................................................................................................................................... 34 Washington County ........................................................................................................................... 35 Appendix 4: Foster Care in Maryland .................................................................................................... 36 Quotes from 2015 Youth REACH MD Survey Respondents are included throughout this report. All statements are quoted verbatim from the surveys and have not been modified. 2 | P a g e Note to Readers Every night in Maryland, thousands of youth and young adults living on their own turn to a friend's couch, a stranger's house, a vacant building, the street, or some other tenuous or unsuitable location for a place to sleep. These are unaccompanied homeless youth - youth or young adults under 25 years old who are not in the care of their parents or guardians and lack access to safe, adequate, and reliable housing. We know these youth are individuals with their own stories and experiences and that they are not defined by their housing status. This report—and all of the work of Youth REACH MD—is designed to identify the common challenges and barriers that result in youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in order to end youth homelessness. No finding, statement, or analysis in this report should be taken to diminish the importance of the voices of youth and young adults or to minimize the individual experiences, preferences, and vision for the future that each youth and young adult has for themselves. This report reflects the aggregate findings regarding a diverse population of youth and young adults who were willing share of themselves by participating in this survey, and we are grateful to them for sharing their stories and experiences with us and for helping us to gain new and deeper understanding of what it means to experience homelessness. Introduction & Purpose Until recently, unaccompanied homeless youth in Maryland have been largely unknown to policymakers and society at large - an invisible population. This is in part because youth experiencing homelessness generally are indistinguishable in appearance from their housed peers. Many have jobs or are going to school and are eager to improve their situations. These youth generally do not fit the traditional homeless person archetype. Instead, they tend to resemble your typical teenager or young adult. While some may be living in cars, vacant buildings or on the street, many others may opt to
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