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Runaway and Homeless Youth

Youth Voices Have Moved to YE4C

On YE4C young people share their experiences and perspectives on what makes a difference for youth engaged in change. Learn from their stories.

Resource: AMBER Advocate – Issue 4, 2022

This document (PDF, 16 pages) features the work of an Arizona Child Abduction Response Team that exemplifies the value of a well-structured, well-sustained Child Abduction Response Team. The front lines story details the power of an 'SOS' social media post in alerting law enforcement to two abducted Texas teens. It ...

Resource: All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness

This strategic plan is a multi-year, interagency blueprint for a future where no one experiences homelessness, and all youth and adults have a safe, stable, accessible, and affordable home. It is a roadmap for federal action to provide state and local communities with sufficient resources and guidance to build the ...

Resource: Transporting Students Experiencing Homelessness

This brief (PDF, 8 pages) summarizes the key provisions related to the transportation of children and youth experiencing homelessness included in the McKinney-Vento Act. It suggests transportation implementation strategies at the state and local levels and recommends resources for funding transportation costs. Learn more (PDF, 8 pages).  ...

Resources to Support Youth Who Have Lost a Caregiver

This webpage shares tools and resources that can aid caring adults in their support of young people who have lost a caregiver.

Resource: Ask Youth Challenge

This webpage provides graphics and information about the #AskYouthChallenge. Individuals and child welfare professionals are encouraged to use the graphics to show that they are committed to listening to teens and are practicing making their voices heard in every conversation. The Ask Youth Challenge focuses on using every opportunity to ...

Resource: Placement Stability

This factsheet (PDF, 2 pages) helps child welfare leaders, managers, data and continuous quality improvement (CQI) staff, and others understand and explain the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) statewide data indicator placement stability. This indicator measures whether children who were removed from their homes experience stability in their placement ...

Resource: Reentry to Foster Care

This factsheet (PDF, 2 pages) helps child welfare leaders, managers, data and continuous quality improvement (CQI) staff, and others understand and explain the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) statewide data indicator reentry to foster care. This indicator measures whether children reenter foster care within 12 months of their discharge ...

Resource: Seed Sisters 4 Part “Strong Roots” Series, Part 1

This podcast episode is the first in a four-part series focusing on strategies and resources to strengthen Tribal communities’ capacity in response to the needs of runaway, missing, and trafficked Tribal Youth. Learn more. 

Resource: The AMBER Advocate, Issue 3, 2022

This document (PDF, 16 pages) highlights the work of the AMBER Alert in Indian Country program to distribute Technology Toolkits to Tribal law enforcement agencies across the country. The Briefs section provides updates on AMBER Alert and other endangered missing persons work underway across the U.S. and internationally. Learn more.  ...
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