Resources
As the WNC Youth Homelessness Partnership gets underway, and throughout its existence, resources that are useful to local communities will be posted on this page. Included in those resources will be materials, research, reports, and project updates from our team.
More to come soon, please visit again.
Partnership Resources…
- Western NC Youth Homelessness Needs Assessment (PDF)
Report on initial findings from 17 stakeholder interviews and 3 focus groups, aimed at understanding the landscape of youth homelessness and available services across Western North Carolina, identifying service gaps, barriers to engagement, and opportunities for systemic improvement. - WNC Theory of Change (PDF)
explains the direction of our work on this project. - WNC What is YHP? (PDF)
WNC Youth Homelessness Prevention (YHP) Initiative - WNC Executive Brief Summary (PDF)
Project Objective and Goals - WNC Partnership Network Committee (PDF)
WNC Partners List - WNC Project Framework (PDF)
Overview of Project Structure - Join the Movement: Be the Change in Ending Youth Homelessness in Western NC (PDF)
Why Join? - WNC Partnership Counties (PDF)
Map of the 20 counties included in the WNCHYP
- Coordinated Entry Systems Improvement Report (PDF)
This report reimagines how coordinated entry can better serve youth, utilizing the information gathered from community meetings, stakeholder interviews, and a benchmarking study comparing coordinated entry systems across the country. - Organization Capacity Survey Report (PDF)
Survey results from 64 agencies across Western NC to better understand the current capacity of organizations to serve young people who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity - Secondary Data Analysis Report (PDF)
Analysis of secondary data from a range of publicly available sources including Point-in-Time counts, Housing Inventory Count data, McKinney-Vento data, U.S. Census data, etc to understand what current data trends tell us about the number of youth experiencing homelessness, as well as the economic and environmental factors affecting their housing and financial stability.
Get Involved!
Ending youth homelessness in western North Carolina requires the support and involvement of the entire community. Whether you’re a local leader, an organization, or an individual passionate about making a difference, there’s a place for you in the Western NC Youth Homelessness Partnership. Together, we can build a future where every young person has a safe and stable place to call home.
Contact us today for more information or to get involved.