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Spotlight On...
Alliance Releases Youth Typology Paper
Last week, as part of the Research Matters series, the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute released “The Heterogeneity of Homeless Youth in America: Examining Typologies.” The paper, authored by Alliance Research Council member Paul Toro and his colleagues Tegan Lesperance and Jordan Braciszewski, provides a review of prior research typologies of homeless youth and offers a new three-category youth typology. The typology classifies homeless youth into one of the following groups: (1) transient but connected youth, (2) high-risk youth, or (3) low-risk youth. These classifications were derived based on a longitudinal study of homeless youth. A series of six recommendations for future research and intervention are also offered. The paper points out that “targeted interventions can be created for homeless youth…even for youth who are experiencing a number of difficulties early on, positive outcomes are often achieved.”
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Hill Update
House Workforce Committee Holds Hearing on WIA
On Tuesday, October 4, the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training held a hearing on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) entitled "Modernizing the Workforce Investment Act: Development an Effective Job Training System for Workers and Employers." The hearing focused on updating and reforming the job training system as part of the reauthorization process of the WIA. Witnesses called largely for increased flexibility in the use of WIA funds and greater employer input in the process. For a summary of the hearing, an archived webcast, and witness testimony, please click here.
House Financial Services Committee Releases Second Section 8 Reform Draft
On Thursday, October 6, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity released a second draft of its Section 8 Voucher Reform proposals, known as the Section Eight Savings Act of 2011 (SESA). The new iteration of the legislation included some changes to the first draft, which were largely related to allowing public housing agencies to increase minimum rents, which are currently capped at $50 a month. The Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the second draft of SESA this Thursday, October 13. For more information on Section 8 Voucher reform, please visit our website.
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