Working with Federal Grantees to End Youth Homelessness

Chapin Hall applies evidence to inform decision-making in programs across the country

Every day, Chapin Hall experts provide human service staff and leaders with evidence that helps them make the best decisions in their work. Among those practitioners are federal grant recipients working to prevent and end youth homelessness.

Chapin Hall has worked with jurisdictions who were awarded Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project (YHDP) grants. The goal of YHDP is to support local communities in developing and implementing a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. Since 2016, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than 100 of these grants. In 2023, the department awarded $3.1 billion.

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