Resources

January 2, 2024
CSH estimates that there are approximately 90,000 families and youth in need of supportive housing, including 43,646 families with child welfare involvement. While lack of...


Best Practices
December 14, 2023
These briefs discuss how Family Unification Program (FUP) and Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) federal housing vouchers can support transition, wellbeing, and stability for youth/young...


Best Practices
August 16, 2023
CSH recognizes that meaningful changes to decrease the disproportionate representation of families of color in child welfare and homelessness must be led by the people...


Best Practices
July 7, 2023
These briefs present information on federal housing voucher programs, such as the Family Unification Program (FUP), that child welfare and housing leaders can use to...


Systems Change
September 20, 2021
These briefs report on the impact of evictions on families and present information on what child welfare and family support leaders and their communities can...
Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy
July 28, 2021
Communities have relied on institutional settings such as homeless shelters, jails and prisons, nursing homes, and foster care for far too long to house youth...
Best Practices

Best Practices
May 6, 2021
May 2021 |This data brief guides system providers on how to better coordinate data and services for families involved with systems, such as child welfare,...
Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing
June 16, 2020
A Renters Guide for Successful Apartment Living This guide is for anyone who will be renting an apartment for the first time. The information here...
Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing
June 16, 2020
Una Guía para la Vida en tu Apartamento Esta guía es para cualquiera que este planeando alquilar un apartamento por primera vez. La información presentada...
Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing
April 2, 2020
Families with children in supportive housing may face some unique challenges and require additional considerations when providing care during the COVID-19 crisis. This resource includes...
Housing First

Housing First
July 31, 2018
This report provides interested stakeholders with a preliminary overview of the outcome and process evaluations for the HEART (Housing, Empowerment, Achievement, Recovery and Triumph) Alliance...
Best Practices

Best Practices
July 31, 2018
This road map is a step-by-step guide to creating housing solutions for high-need families involved in the child welfare system. By improving housing stability and...