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Online Forum: Identification

Identifying Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness

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pdf file icon Identification brief (120K)
This brief identifies the key provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act dealing with the identification of homeless children and youth and offers strategies for implementation.
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pdf file icon A Guide to Counting Unsheltered Homeless People (Revised)
This guide, published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and updated in September 2006, describes several methods for identifying, counting, and learning about homeless people who are unlikely to be found in shelters or in other residential programs within a local homeless assistance network. Information about these approaches was gathered from communities throughout the country; examples of their methods are provided throughout the guide.

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