Strengthening At Risk and Homeless Young Mothers and Children

 

An Initiative of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, in partnership with the National Center on Family Homelessness and the National Alliance to End Homelessness

In 2006, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation created Strengthening At Risk and Homeless Young Mothers and Children to respond to this crisis by developing a national model to improve the housing, health and development of homeless and at-risk young mothers and children. This $11.2 million initiative, which includes matching local investment of approximately $4,000,000, seeks to integrate the various social service systems already in place, address gaps in service, and bring together the homelessness and child development service sectors.

 
It is anticipated that approximately 500 children and their families will benefit annually from this initiative with a focus on enhanced family outcomes, such as greater housing stability, improved maternal and child-well-being and strengthened family functioning and family preservation. The target population is young at-risk or homeless mothers, ages 18-25 with at least one child five years of age or younger.
 

The Coordinating Center

Strengthening At Risk and Homeless Young Mothers and Children represents a marriage of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s long-standing commitment to early childhood development and homelessness. A key component of this Initiative’s implementation was the creation of a Coordinating Center, comprised of national experts in the fields of family homelessness, child development, child welfare and housing. This is not a physical Center, but, rather, consists of the staff expertise to ensure that the local grantees have the skills, knowledge and support needed to achieve project outcomes and, also, to ensure that the local outcomes could be translated to have a national impact.
 
The Coordinating Center is comprised of three national partners, which mirror the local partnerships, bridging the homelessness/housing and child development/welfare service sectors.
  • The National Center on Family Homelessness
  • National Alliance to End Homelessness

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For More Information:

Debra Medeiros, Project Director
617-964-3834, ext. 225, debra.medeiros@familyhomelessness.org