Toolkits, Videos, Reports, and Other Helpful Resources
2020 State Index on Youth Homelessness (True Colors United and National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty)
Human Trafficking Screening Tool (Covenant House New Jersey) (Click here to learn about the research behind the Quick Youth Indicators for Trafficking Tool)
Housing and Homelessness Legislation Database (National Conference of State Legislatures)
Advocating for Youth Access to Mental Health Services During a Pandemic (MHAP for Kids)
Homelessness and Juvenile Justice (Coalition for Juvenile Justice and supporting partners)
Homeless Youth Policy Scan (National Conference of State Legislatures)
Editable “Know Your Rights” Flyers (SchoolHouse Connection)
The Family First Prevention Services Act: Implications for Addressing Youth Homelessness(National Network for Youth)
Know Your Rights Youth and Education Resource (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty)
Research to Impact: Federal Actions to Prevent & End Youth Homelessness (Report) Chapin Hall, October, 2019
Pro Bono Primer for Volunteer Attorneys (ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty)
Addressing the Legal Needs of Students Experiencing Homelessness (FREE CLE) Casey Trupin, Patricia Julianelle, Michael Santos, June 20th, 2019
Youth Pathways Through Homelessness Toolkit, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Alone Without a Home: A National Review of State Laws Affecting Unaccompanied Youth
Your Child Has the Right to Stay in School: A Know Your Rights Toolkit National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Putting UN General Comment 21 on Children in Street Situations to Work for Canadian Children and Youth (Webinar) Melanie Redman, Dr. Stephen Gaetz, Craig H. Baab, Julia Huys, and Kathy Vandergrift, February 28th, 2019
Preventing Homelessness for System-Involved Youth
Linda Britton and Lisa Pilnik, March 2018
Access to Justice for Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Meeting the Legal Needs of Youth to Prevent or End Youth Homelessness Linda Britton and Amy Horton Newell, July 2017
Proving I Exist: Strategies for Assisting Youth in Obtaining Identification Documents Laura Kolb and Jenny Pokempner
Can Pro Bono Legal Services Help End Youth Homelessness
Cathy Krebs and Shannon Prown
Homeless Youth Handbook (Baker McKenzie) (current states: CA, FL, IL, MN, NJ, NY, TX, WA, D.C.; pending: IN)