Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Youth REACH Maryland Leadership Team postponed the 2020 Youth Count, which was previously scheduled for March 1 through April 12, 2020. We have worked with our state and local partners to create a modified count which will take place from February 2021 to April 2021. Unlike other years, which […]
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“There’s Much More to Be Done:” Lessons Learned From the First Maryland Higher Education and Youth Homelessness Convening
Article published on School House Connection on January 14, 2021. “In mid-December, the Coalition to End Youth Homelessness in Maryland and the University of Maryland – College Park’s Fostering Terp Success Program hosted a virtual convening for Maryland higher education institutions and community organizers to discuss new research and best practices for students experiencing homelessness. Over 40 […]
Youth Homelessness Must Be Made Visible Through Systems Collaboration
The SSW’s Amanda Miller wrote an editorial that appears at YouthToday.org on the topic of “Youth Homelessness Must Be Made Visible Through Systems Collaboration.” Miller is the housing and homelessness program manager at The Institute for Innovation & Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore.
New Report Finds 3,000 Maryland Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Youth REACH MD releases findings of unaccompanied youth and young adults experiencing homelessness across Maryland Nearly 3,000 youth and young adults were identified as under the age of 25, not in the care of a parent or guardian, and lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, according to Youth REACH MD’s most recent survey on […]
2018 Youth Count Findings Released!
In the spring of 2018, Youth REACH MD conducted its third Youth Count across 20 counties in Maryland. The results are in! Almost 3,000 youth were identified as on their own and struggling with housing in Maryland in the last year. You can read more about these findings in our 2018 report. A special thank […]
Thousands of Md. youth are homeless; African-American, LGBT youth represented disproportionately
“…Homelessness looks different for young people than for adults, advocates say, starting with the reasons they’re driven there in the first place. Some are homeless as a result of the death, incarceration or substance abuse of a parent, or overcrowding in their homes. Others run away, age out of foster care or leave a juvenile […]
Youth REACH MD Press Release on the Upcoming Youth Count
Youth REACH MD—a coalition of state and local partners—is conducting a youth outreach effort March 1 through April 15 across nine regions in Maryland to better understand and address youth homelessness and improve outcomes for youth and young adults in Maryland. This survey and census of youth and young adults who are on their own and experiencing […]
Youth homeless survey shows vastly more young people in need
BALTIMORE, Md. – More than 1,400 people under 25 years old do not have a stable place to sleep at night in Maryland. A statistic that shows a huge disparity between a groundbreaking study by the University of Maryland and the federally mandated national survey by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Originally HUD’s […]
Building Trust & Support for Homeless Youth in OST Programs
Finding ways to prevent youth homelessness on Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore. When Xavia Palmer turned 19, she left her foster home on Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore for the suburbs of Washington, D.C., hoping to make it on her own. She enrolled in an independent living program, found a job and started saving a small stash […]
Youth REACH MD Releases Phase 2 Report
Youth REACH MD has issued its findings from the 2015 demonstration count in our new Phase 2 report! More than 1,200 youth and young adults participated in the count across 8 Maryland jurisdictions. Check out the report to learn more about the count and what we found HERE. Thanks to all who participated and who contributed to the […]