Runaway and Homeless Youth

This PSA features the voice and story of a young person who experienced homelessness and found help using the National Runaway Safeline.

These resources provide information and tools on topics related to ending youth homelessness:

This resource includes questions that can help communities assess their progress toward USICH’s benchmarks for reaching the goal of ending youth homelessness. 

This resource provides specific criteria and benchmarks for ending unaccompanied youth homelessness.

This annual report provides a snapshot of homelessness, both sheltered and unsheltered, on a single night in late January in the U.S., including estimates for particular populations such as youth. 

This report provides point-in time estimates of both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness on a single night, as well as estimates of the number of people experiencing homelessness within particular populations and demographics.

This guidebook series helps Continuum of Care stakeholders and practitioners engage partners in efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness. 

This fact sheet describes eligibility for health care coverage, including through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).