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Transitional Aged youth Seminar Series

Transitional Aged youth (Tay ages 16-24) homeless prevention seminar series

Started in June 2022, in partnership with Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), the Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) Homeless Prevention Seminar Series is a collaborative project designed to engage with Kansas schools and youth service providers to raise awareness around youth and young adult homelessness.  Youth can become at-risk of homelessness through many different avenues including foster care, juvenile corrections, mental health instability, substance use, employment/financial insecurity, and lack of education or healthcare. Identifying as part of a marginalized community such as BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ also puts them at greater risk.
With there being many different definitions of homelessness, the TAY seminar series was created to educate communities on what housing insecurity can look like for a young person, as well as educate ages 16-24 on the risk factors of homelessness and the resources available in their local communities to prevent it. With the grant funding we were also able to create a youth and young adult specific Guide to Housing to assist young people in finding and maintaining permanent, safe, and stable housing. Click the link below to download a PDF version.

Who should attend?

For the 2024/25 school year, KSHC is partnering with Kansas McKinney Vento Liaisons to host the TAY Homeless Prevention Seminar Series in-person at their schools. At-risk students from participating school districts are encouraged to attend in-person, while students from surrounding school districts are invited to attend virtually. Parents, caregivers, youth service providers/advocates and anyone else with a vested interest in ending youth and young adult homelessness within our state is also welcome to attend virtually.

 

*Ages 16-24 who attend in-person or virtually will receive a $30 gift card incentive to Walmart. In-person attendees will also receive a bound hard copy of the KSHC TAY Housing Guide for youth and young adults.

 

*Virtual attendees will be required to provide proof of age with a valid Kansas ID or driver’s license.

 

To attend a seminar either in-person or virtually, please refer to the list of upcoming seminars below and click the associated link to register. If you are a McKinney Vento Liaison interested in learning more about participation or are wanting to sign up for an available date to host, please contact Lola Love-TAY training specialist directly through email at llove@kshomeless.com

East Central Homeless

Prevention Seminar

October 23rd at 10am

Click Here to Register
Stay tuned for future TAY Homeless Prevention seminars/webinars to be posted.

Housing Guide

click here to download our housing guide for youth and young adults (yya) ages 16-24!

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