Voices of Youth Count Toolkit

"Voices of Youth Count (VoYC) is a national policy and research initiative designed to link evidence and action by capturing the diverse experiences of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability, or who have runaway, more clearly defining the size of the population, and driving compelling knowledge into the hands of the broad national community dedicated to ending youth homelessness.

Committed to widely disseminating our learning, resources, and recommendations, Conducting a Youth Count: A Toolkit documents one of many VoYC activities. It describes the VoYC Youth Count approach conducted in 22 communities throughout the summer of 2016; capturing our learning and providing guidance and tools to all communities looking to improve the ways they count youth experiencing homelessness."

This toolkit provides a step-by-step roadmap to conduct a youth count using the VoYC methodology. It is organized into five phases, each with guidance describing the phase, steps within the phase and links to helpful templates and tools. Within the guidance, you will find an overview of the phase and details about how the VoYC Youth Counts were implemented, including our lessons learned. The associated tools contain more detailed explanations how to complete each step within the phase. This toolkit is intended for the person(s) leading the organization and execution of the youth count. This reflects the structure of the VoYC Youth Count methodology, in which members of a leadership team were the primary planners of the Youth Count, with the strong support and involvement of the stakeholder team, the broader community of stakeholders who are engaged at critical points in the process.

Access the toolkit here: 
https://yoc.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/Resources/resources%20-%20voices%20of%20youth%20count.pdf