Examining the Effectiveness of a Critical Time Intervention to Stabilize Trajectories Out of Homelessness for Youth

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Participants will be aged 16-25 (service mandate of participating organizations and captures the age span of youth transitioning from homelessness - in previous studies mean age ranged from 21-22).
• •2. All participants will have experienced at least 6 months of homelessness defined as being a lack of fixed, regular, and adequate housing across their lifetime.
• •3. Participants will have been in stable housing for between 1 day and 6 months. This period has characterized the transitional experience in previous research14. Stable housing is a housing arrangement that either (i) involves an individual holding a lease, (ii) is a supported housing arrangement with a tenure of 12+ months, or (iii) involves the person residing with a family member wherein the individual and service provider attest to stability. These broad criteria are necessary due to the diversity of housing arrangements into which youth transition.
• •4. Proficiency in English.