Youth Services

Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) supports selected communities in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. In September of 2021, the Oakland, Berkeley/ Alameda County CoC was awarded $6.7 million in YHDP funds. Through this funding, Alameda County worked and the Youth Advisory Board collaborated with community partners and other young people to create a coordinated community plan to end and prevent youth homelessness:


Ongoing YHDP funding supports several projects identified through this process to end and prevent youth homelessness in our community:  The TAY Coordinated Entry Access Point, the youth Peer Navigation program, youth-specific data monitoring within the County’s Homeless Management Information System, and a Joint Component Transitional Housing to Rapid Re-housing Program that provides young people with up to 5 years of subsidized housing and supportive services. More information about these programs is below:

Transition Age Youth (TAY) Coordinated Entry

Coordinated Entry is the front door to housing & homelessness services. While young people can access services through any of the County’s Coordinated Entry Access Points or Housing Resource Centers, having an access point that is designed for and understands the unique needs and services for young people is critical to ensuring we meet the needs of young people. 

Covenant House of California TAY Housing Resource Center       
200 Harrison St, Oakland, CA  94607
(510) 379-1010
Wellness Center and TAY Coordinated Entry Access Point drop-in times: 
Monday-Thursday, 12:30 – 4:00p.m.

Youth Peer Navigation Program

The Peer Navigation program aims to connect with youth and young adults experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness, provide for their basic needs, and connect them to the resources and services available within the homeless response system and in the broader community to support young people in obtaining and maintaining housing. Young people can self-refer or be referred by schools or other community providers--they do not have to go through Coordinated Entry to access this service. As a mobile service, the Peer Navigation program can meet a young person wherever they are and is also equipped to provide some Coordinated Entry services as well.

ALCOR TAY Joint Component Transitional to Rapid Re-Housing Program

The Joint-Component Transitional Housing - Rapid Re-Housing (TH-RRH) program combines two existing Continuum of Care (CoC) program components, Transitional Housing (TH) and Rapid Re-Housing (RRH), in a single project to provide young people with short-term housing coupled with short- to medium-term rental assistance and support to identify, move into, and transition to maintaining permanent housing on their own.

Joint Component Program Manual

Alameda County Youth Advisory Board (YAB): Youth About Action

The Alameda County Youth Advisory Board (YAB) is comprised of youth/young adults with lived experience of housing insecurity and or homelessness, and advises on programs and policies that aim to prevent and end youth homelessness.

Ending Youth Homelessness Collaborative

• The Huddle: The Huddle is Youth Services’ monthly system coordination meeting that occurs on the first Thursday of the month at 11am. This meeting is open to anyone working to support young people experiencing homelessness or housing instability. The goal is connect and learn together to creatively and collectively work together towards housing solutions for young people in our community.
• The Huddle Connection: The Huddle Connection is a monthly community newsletter that provides resources, community events, learning opportunities, and funding opportunities that may be useful for young people and those serving them.
• Ending Youth Homelessness Collaborative (EYHC):
• The Ending Youth Homelessness Collaborative is a broad group of stakeholders working to prevent and end youth homelessness, share lessons learned, strategize and network.

For more information about or to receive the invitation to upcoming Huddle or EYHC meetings or to receive or provide program or event information to be included in The Huddle Connection, contact Amanda Miller McKinney, Youth Program Services Coordinator, at amanda.mckinney@acgov.org.

Resource Library

Alameda County Housing & Homelessness Youth Services is working to collect program flyers and other materials so that the community can easily access and share information about programs in the community. We encourage everyone to check out and add flyers and other program materials to our online folder.

 

McKinney Vento Education Supports for Students Experiencing Homelessness
Resources for students experiencing homelessness in Alameda County

Contact

Alameda County Office of Homeless Care and Coordination
Amanda Miller McKinney, Youth Program Services Coordinator
amanda.mckinney@acgov.org