The Step-Up Intervention Program: A Positive Youth Development Approach to Support Youth Experiencing Housing Instability and Homelessness

• By: Zoila A. Del-Villar, LMHC-Limited Permit, CASAC McSilver Institute of Poverty Policy and Research
• October 1st, 2017
• housing instability, life skills, mental health support, mentorship, positive youth development, school-based support, youth engagement, youth homelessness
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Housing instability and homelessness can be defined by frequent moves, couch-surfing, eviction, living in severely overcrowded housing, and living in housing that is not stable (Cutts, Meyers, Black, Casey, Chilton, Cook, & Rose-Jacobs, 2011). Housing instability and homelessness create...

For Those on the Threshold of Adulthood: No Thresholds Beckon

• By: Robin Sklarin, MA, MS Staten Island Mental Health Society
• October 1st, 2017
• community support, foster care transition, housing instability, independent living skills, mental health challenges, supportive housing, transitional age youth, youth homelessness
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Supported housing for young adults living with mental/emotional challenges, including chemical dependency, is a rare commodity in New York and is almost non-existent on Staten Island. Once they leave home or the foster care system, no government funding, no agency contracts, no appropriate...