Youth and young adult homelessness is a significant problem with serious human capital implications and marked by great disparities. In 2016, in fulfillment of Section 345 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA), HUD and private philanthropy funded Chapin Hall to carry out the first and only national research and policy initiative on the prevalence and incidence of youth homelessness.
This policy brief summarizes prior evidence developed through Chapin Hall’s Voices of Youth Count project and identifies opportunities to future support regular and reliable data collection.