5. Larkin Street, San Francisco, CAOutside In, Portland, ORRuth Ellis, Detroit, MIThe Drop In Center, Tulane, New Orleans, LAUCAN Host Home, Chicago, IL
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12. Creating Communities of Change: Best Practices for Serving LGBTQI2-S Homeless Youth Ali Forney, New York NY Howard Brown, Chicago, IL NMGSAN, Santa Fe, NM Stand Up for Kids, Miami, FL
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14. Youth on Fire Cambridge, MA Outside In Portland, OR Ruth Ellis Center Detroit, MI Ali Forney Sylvia’s Place Green Chimneys NY, NY UCAN Howard Brown Chicago, IL Larkin Street San Francisco, CA NMGSAN Santa Fe, NM The Drop In Center New Orleans, LA Stand Up for Kids Miami, FL
Brief IntroC4SI-Diverse staff-Translating Research into Practice--When began working on HRC quickly apparent that this was an area that needed translatingHRC-NRCHMI-SAMHSA
When began as HRC, this was an area that needed “translating” and started with website articles.There was research but not a lot of practical applicationProject office Deborah Stone encouraged us to look into how to best serve this population.
First project was videos/briefly describeInvolved other programs in development.Take home message was that the first step is an open mind.Videos can be accessed here:http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource/Larkin-Street-Stories-The-Homeless-LGBT-Experience-Episode-1-51012.aspxhttp://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource/Larkin-Street-Stories-Confronting-Hate-Speech-and-Homophobia-Episode-2-51014.aspxhttp://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource/Larkin-Street-Stories-Neither-Nor-Working-with-Transgender-Youth-Episode-3-51015.aspx
January 2010 panel includedresearchers, clinicians, advocates, consumers, and administrators. Dig deeper; What were some of the other skills and knowledge that equip service providers to serve this population? The major finding of the panel was essentially that we’ve talked enough, now lets figure out how to put all of this into action.-”Model program”Report can be accessed here:http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource/Learning-from-the-Field-Expert-Panel-on-Youth-who-are-LGBTQI2-S-and-Homeless-Summary-of-Proceedings-48592.aspx
Five very different programs that work with youth who experience homelessness and identify as LGBT.Report can be accessed here:http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource/Learning-from-the-Field-Listening-Tour-of-Programs-Serving-Youth-who-are-LGBTQI2-S-and-Experiencing-Homelessness-Draft-50138.aspx
Sanctuary Model: a trauma-informed organizational culture approach that emphasizes consumer control. They only enforce the most vital restrictions, such as requiring youth to contribute to utilities when possible and making sure each participant is enrolled in school, employed, or volunteering. Under this model, youth can make choices about when to come and go, and how to care for their own space. Several agencies talked about “trauma informed care”
Willingness and openness to learnHiring questions about comfort level
Larkin Street Youth Services, Outside In, and Youth on Fire recruit program participants to serve as outreach workers among peers.
Castro Housing at Larkin Street
Translate it into training packages that meet the needs of different communities. New York, Santa Fe, Miami, and Chicago. -Working closely with the Ali Forney Center to develop the training package and working with the other communities as well.
Training can be accessed here:http://www.center4si.com/training/our_courses.cfm
Didn’t work in isolationVarying degrees of involvement and variation in programsIf we are missing anyone we want to know.