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County outlines youth homelessness projects funded by $3.6 million YHDP grant
Summary
Housing and Community Action Office staff reviewed progress funded by a 2021 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project award, including expanded eligibility, new host-home and joint housing projects, a youth front-door assessment and a youth point-in-time count on Jan. 30.
Kirsten London, program services coordinator in the Lane County Housing and Community Action Office, gave the executive committee an update on the county’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project (YHDP) activities on Jan. 16, saying the county was awarded $3.6 million in fall 2021 to support a five-year coordinated community plan.
The YHDP-funded projects include joint transitional housing/rapid-rehousing pilots, a host-home project and outreach teams focused on youth and young adults, and an advisory council of young people with lived experience that must approve project changes. London said the grant allowed Lane County to expand the upper age of eligibility from 22 to…
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