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Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio Coordinated Community Plan To A PLACE TO CALL HOME FOR YOUTH Our Coordinated Community Plan for Youth Facing Homelessness in Columbus and Franklin County Columbus and Franklin County Continuum of Care March 2019 0 CONTENTS Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Governance and Planning Structure ........................................................................................................... 9 Recent and Current Efforts Related to Youth Homelessness ................................................................ 14 Framework for Preventing and Ending Homelessness Among Youth .................................................. 17 Statement of Need .................................................................................................................................... 26 Special Considerations of Unique Populations ................................................................................... 31 Unaccompanied Youth Experiencing Homelessness ...................................................................... 31 Pregnant or Parenting Youth Experiencing Homelessness ............................................................ 33 Racial and Ethnic Minorities ............................................................................................................. 34 LGBTQ+ Youth ................................................................................................................................... 35 Foster Care System-Involved Youth ................................................................................................. 36 Juvenile and/or Criminal Justice System-Involved Youth ............................................................... 37 Youth Survivors of Human Trafficking ............................................................................................. 38 Youth Under the Age of 18 (Minors) ................................................................................................ 39 Homeless Crisis System Demand Estimates ...................................................................................... 42 System Gap Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 45 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 48 Principles and Approaches for Serving Youth ......................................................................................... 49 Key Practices ......................................................................................................................................... 49 Supporting Core Outcomes for Youth .................................................................................................. 54 Meeting the Needs of All Youth ............................................................................................................ 57 Youth Under the Age of 18 (Minors) ................................................................................................ 58 LGBTQ Youth ..................................................................................................................................... 59 Youth of Color .................................................................................................................................... 59 Pregnant and Parenting Teens ......................................................................................................... 59 Justice-Involved Youth ...................................................................................................................... 60 Child Welfare-Involved Youth............................................................................................................ 61 Youth Survivors of Human Trafficking and Exploitation ................................................................. 61 New Americans ................................................................................................................................. 62 Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 63 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program: New Projects .............................................................. 75 Looking Forward: Multi-Year Planning ..................................................................................................... 86 1 Continuous Improvement and Evaluation ............................................................................................... 91 Appendix A: members of CoC ................................................................................................................. 101 Appendix B. Community Organizations .................................................................................................. 103 Appendix C: Needs Assessment Data Sources ..................................................................................... 105 Appendix D: Methodology to Derive Annual Estimates of Youth Experiencing and At-Risk of Experiencing Literal Homelessness ....................................................................................................... 107 Appendix E: System Demand Modeling Subpopulations...................................................................... 112 Appendix F: Program Models Matrix ...................................................................................................... 116 Appendix G: YHDP project application and approval schedule ............................................................ 131 Appendix H: Youth Homeless Crisis Response System Inventory ........................................................ 132 Appendix I: YHDP Waivers Requested from HUD .................................................................................. 134 Appendix J: Plan Approvals ..................................................................................................................... 135 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to acknowledge and thank the stakeholders and community organizations who helped provide key input in the development of this Plan and participated in the planning process. Specifically, 31 members of the Youth Core Team participated fully, representing 21 organizations. ORGANIZATION YOUTH CORE TEAM MEMBERS The Center for Healthy Families Toshia Safford CHOICES Angela Stoller-Zervas City of Columbus Department of Development Kim Stands Columbus City Schools Keisha Hunley-Jenkins The Columbus Foundation Amy Acton, MD, MPH Mark Lomax Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority Sonja Nelson Community Housing Network Ryan Cassell Community Shelter Board Tom Albanese Lianna Barbu Michelle Heritage Aubre Jones Franklin County Board of Commissioners Annie Ryznar Franklin County Children Services Emily Green Donta Greene Franklin County - Office of Justice Policy Michael Daniels & Programs / Department of Homeland Security & Justice Programs Huckleberry House Becky Westerfelt ICF (HUD technical assistance provider) Ryan Burger Niki Paul Kaleidoscope Youth Center Erin Upchurch Measurement Resources Company Sheri Chaney Jones Alyssa Pettey National Center for Homeless Education Jessica Anderson (DOE technical assistance provider) National Youth Forum Rivianna Hyatt (HUD technical assistance provider) Nationwide Children’s Hospital Angela Abenaim Star House Ann Bischoff Sam Masters True Colors Fund/National Youth Forum Dee Balliet (HUD technical assistance provider) Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio Lawrence Jackson YMCA of Central Ohio Danielle Otte Colton Sray Youth Action Board Michael Outrich 3 WORKGROUP PARTICIPATION Six workgroups (Education, Employment, Healthcare, Justice, Child Welfare, and Housing) sought to further examine needs assessment data, identify current state gaps and future opportunities that support achievement of a comprehensive, community-wide response for youth facing homelessness. Approximately 122 stakeholders, including youth with lived experience, participated in one or more of these workgroups, with leadership from the following: WORKGROUP LEAD Advocacy, Communication, Education Sara Loken, Community Shelter Board & Ann Bischoff, Star House Child Welfare Emily Green, Franklin County Children Services Coordinated Access Tom Albanese, Community Shelter Board Data Lianna Barbu, Community Shelter Board Education Keisha Hunley-Jenkins, Columbus City Schools Employment Carma Lacy, Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio Healthcare Kelly Kelleher, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Justice Michael W. Daniels, Franklin County - Office of Justice Policy & Programs / Department of Homeland Security & Justice Programs Housing Michelle Heritage, Community Shelter Board Human Trafficking Kim Stands, City of Columbus LGBTQ Erin Upchurch, Kaleidoscope Youth Center The creation of this Plan was a true community effort, eliciting participation of more than 250 stakeholders. A complete list of participating organizations is included in Appendix B. Thank you to the technical assistance consultants provided by HUD and other federal agencies: Ryan Burger and Niki Paul with ICF; Jess Anderson with The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE); and
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