The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is leading a project to create a statewide network to support youth experiencing or threatened by homelessness.
Funded by a $1.3 million Youth Homelessness System improvement grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the project will link partner organizations statewide, create systems that better identify youth in need and improve access to necessary support services.
The work will be led by co-principal investigators Jeff Chambers and Brittany Brakenhoff, leaders in the Center on Children, Families and the Law, which is part of the university’s College of Arts and Sciences.
“The impacts of homelessness are devastating and life-altering,” Chambers said. “Our ultimate goal is to have a system in place that ensures that homelessness for Nebraska youth is rare, brief and non-recurring.”