Increasing Rental Access for Unhoused Youth & Young Adults

Increasing Rental Access for Unhoused Youth & Young Adults

Project Background Insecurely housed youth in New York City face significant challenges in finding housing. In 2021, only 4% of youth and young adults who exited runaway homeless programs moved into an apartment. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted existing support services and exacerbated systemic inequities in housing access among unhoused youth and young adults, especially for […]

Soul Care

Project Background Young people with experience in foster care, who are primarily black and brown people of color, often experience complex trauma prior to entering foster care, while in care, and when transitioning out of care—yet many cannot access the type of culturally responsive, long-term mental health and wellness support they desire.  Existing systems and providers […]

Rental Assistance through People-Informed Design (RAPID)

Project Background The federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, commonly known as Section 8, is the nation’s single largest tool for providing affordable housing. Under this program, families pay approximately 30% of their income toward rent, and the government pays the remainder of the rent directly to the property owner. While vouchers are in high […]

Shelter from Harm 2

0 Staff and Survivors 0 + Findings Project Background When survivors of domestic violence seek support services in New York City, they are often asked to describe their past trauma multiple times as staff work to understand the case and assess eligibility. While frontline staff and caseworkers treat domestic-violence (DV) cases with care and sensitivity, […]

The Public Prospective Longitudinal Understanding Study of 65+ Adults (PPLUS65)

Project Background Health and aging policies and systems are typically designed from the perspective of people who run systems, rather than from the point of view of consumers. Even when advocates, policymakers, and providers do seek to learn from older adults, those engagements often have significant limitations: existing datasets and surveys do not adequately focus […]

The Compass Pilot: Increasing Participation in Federal Seed-Funding Programs

Project Background Innovation in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) plays a critical role in addressing societal challenges, such as healthcare disparities, environmental risks, and economic inequalities — yet members of the communities most affected by these societal challenges tend to participate less in federal seed-funding programs than is relative to their share of […]

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