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A Place of Respect A Guide for Group Care Facilities Serving Transgender + Gender Non-Conforming Youth Transgender and gender non-conforming youth often face serious physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in group homes, detention centers,...
National Recommended Best Practices for Serving LGBT Homeless Youth LGBT Youth and Homelessness This publication addresses the ways in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth are overrepresented in the homeless population. According...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) youth and their families live in all regions of the state, yet are often invisible to communities and institutions, including the child welfare system. LGBTQ youth and...
Recent studies indicate that LGBTQ+ youth comprise nearly 40% of the homeless youth population in New York City. At an estimated 7% of the total population, young people in our community are disproportionately affected by homelessness and...
True Colors United implements innovative solutions to youth homelessness that focus on the unique experiences of LGBTQ young people. In the United States, 4.2 million youth experience homelessness each year, with lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
Larkin Street Youth Services is a nonprofit empowering young people to move beyond homelessness. Founded in 1984, we’ve helped over 75,000 young adults in San Francisco by providing a continuum of healthcare, housing, employment,...
Studies have found that LGBTQ youth comprise up to 40% of the homeless youth population in New York City. In December 2007 the Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services (ESC) reported on the...
Every youth experiencing homelessness has a unique story and the reasons youth find themselves on the street are varied. Many LGBTQ youth become homeless for economic reasons – their families simply don’t have enough...
LawHelp helps people of low and moderate incomes find free legal aid programs in their communities, answers to questions about their legal rights and forms to help them with their legal problems.
Years of research and advocacy around criminalization of homelessness and increasing violence committed against people experiencing homelessness has shown that added protections are needed to preserve the civil rights of people experiencing homelessness. NCH...
A list of housing resources by state.
A guide for the homeless and those in need: How to Stop Living Out of Your Car.
