1. Federal Goal to End Youth Homelessness
Phase 1
2012: Federal Framework to End Youth Homelessness
2013: YouthCount!
2013: Youth at Risk of Homelessness Grants
2014: LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Pilots
2015: Coordinated Community Response
2016: Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
2017: Baseline PIT Count for Youth
Future: scaling up what works
Phase 2
2012
2013
Phase 3
2015

2. Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP)
Designed to create a coordinated community approach to ending youth homelessness
Applications are due
Nov 30, 2016
10 selected communities will experiment with innovative approaches

3. New Guidebooks

4. Family Unification Program - Changes in the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act (HOTMA)

5. Family Unification Program (FUP): FUP-FSS Demonstration
Pairs the Family Self-Sufficiency Program with FUP for youth, giving access to an FSS coordinator and an interest bearing escrow account (as rent increases with increased income the youth will pay into an escrow account and receive the savings at the end of the demonstration).
Extends FUP voucher, from now 36 months, to the duration of the FSS contract typically 5 years
Gives participating public housing agencies and child welfare agencies opportunities for peer learning
The demonstration application process closed on July 15, 2016 and will soon be available in more than 50 communities.