Designing and implementing a coordinated system of care among Nashville’s homeless providers and youth serving agencies.
Abstract:
The vision of the Nashville Community Planning Initiative is to prevent and end youth homelessness by designing and implementing a coordinated system of care among Nashville’s homeless providers and youth serving agencies.
Goals include:
- Facilitate greater community awareness of issues contributing to youth homelessness and our efforts to address these issues.
- Facilitate greater local collaboration among stakeholders including youth, community members, youth serving agencies in various systems (including child welfare, mental health, education, juvenile justice), and public programs/spaces (i.e., libraries, faith institutions).
- Identify program models to address youth homelessness prevention, the immediate need, and long term solutions.
- Include youth in coordinated entry.
- Support positive outcomes for youth experiencing homelessness in the areas of stable housing, education/employment, permanent connections, and well-being (the USICH 4 core outcomes).
- Obtain new funding and in-kind resources to support plan implementation.
- Determine clear action steps and a follow up plan for accountability
- Identify and begin implementation of one cross-sector pilot project related to housing