1. Panel presentation by DHS, DYCD, HRA, and NYS-TEACHS
Homelessness Prevention and Shelter Services for Families and Youth Panel
Panel presentation by DHS, DYCD, HRA, and NYS-TEACHS

2. Handouts
DHS Profile of Families with Children in Shelter (November 2017)
DHS Shelter Hotline Flyer
DHS Volunteer Opportunities
DYCD Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Staff Directory
DYCD Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Flowchart of Services
HRA Emergency Assistance Brochure
HRA Emergency Rental Assistance
HRA Guide to Services
HRA Homelessness Prevention Administration Contact List
HRA How to Find Help to Stay in Your Home
Homelessness Prevention and Shelter Services for Families

3. Overview of NYC Shelter Systems
DHS Family Shelters
Run by Department of Homeless Services (DHS)
Single point of entry at PATH: 151 East 151st Street, Bronx
Approximately 150 shelters, including:
Commercial hotels
Tier II’s
cluster sites
converted hotels
Average length of stay: 14 months
DV Family Shelters
Run by Human Resources Administration (HRA) for survivors of domestic violence.
Access through PATH or HOPE (4673)
RHY Shelters
Run by Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) for runaway and homeless youth (RHY)
NYC Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (HPD) also has shelters for families who have been displaced because of fire, flood, or a vacate order.
HRA’s HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) also places families in emergency shelters.
Both HPD and HASA shelter systems are very small compared to the 3 systems mentioned on this slide.

4. Panelists Department of Homeless Services (DHS)
Susana Vilardell, Director of Educational Services
Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)
Randy A. Scott, Unit Head, Vulnerable and Special Needs Youth Division
Human Resources Administration (HRA)
Richard Glickstein, Special Advisor, Homelessness Prevention Administration
Dana Guyet, Director, Prevention & Community Support, Homelessness Prevention Administration
Avionne Maurice, Prevention & Community Support, Homelessness Prevention Administration
Lisa Rachmuth, Director, Clinical Initiatives and Programming at the Emergency and Intervention Services, Office of Domestic Violence
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5. Scenario 1
A 17-year old high school student told his guidance counselor that his home isn’t a safe place for him anymore. The youth recently told his parents that he is gay, and his father told him that he has to move out. The youth has been bouncing around, staying with different friends and relatives, but he is running out of friends and relatives he can stay with. He had been staying with an aunt, but she told him that he will have to leave by the end of the week. He asked the guidance counselor where he might be able to get housing.
What resources could the guidance counselor share with the youth?
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6. Scenario 2
A student in high school recently told her guidance counselor that she and her family are living doubled-up with relatives and the situation has become really stressful and that she’s worried that her relatives will kick her and her family out.
What information should the guidance counselor share with the student and her parent?
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7. Scenario 3
A family was evicted 4 months ago and has been bouncing around among relatives ever since. The family recently applied for shelter at PATH and was placed in a hotel by the airport. One of the kids in the family is in high school and has been struggling to get to school on time because of the long commute. The parent is unsure whether she should try to transfer her son to high school closer to the hotel.
What information would be helpful for the guidance counselor be aware of before offering advice to the parent?
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8. Scenario 4
A parent shares with the school social worker that she and her family are living in a shelter for survivors of domestic violence. The parent tells the school social worker that she has recently been approved for a LINC voucher but before she and her kids can move into permanent housing, they will likely have to move to another shelter because they have maxed out the stay at the emergency DV shelter and will likely be transferred to a Tier II shelter. The school social worker is confused because she thought that a family could stay in the same shelter until they find permanent housing.
What information about the DV shelter system would it be helpful for the school social worker to know about?
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9. NYS-TEACHS
Website:
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