This session will spotlight groundbreaking research that centers the lived expertise of nearly 450 youth partners — including LGBTQ+ youth of color, young parents, and Indigenous, Latinx, and immigrant youth. Together, they co-designed research methods, shaped the analysis, and lifted up recommendations to strengthen prevention policies and programs.

Hear directly from the study’s co-leaders on:

- How lived expertise reshaped the research process

- Key findings on prevention strategies for highly marginalized youth

- Recommendations to inform future policies and practices

Youth employment can be a powerful prevention strategy, but creating pathways to sustainable, supportive workplaces requires intentional design. In this session, two providers will share how their organizations are hiring young people, what they have learned along the way, and how these practices contribute to stronger outcomes for both youth and employers. Following these provider perspectives, participants will move into small group conversations to exchange experiences, surface challenges, and explore strategies for building workplace environments where young people can thrive and grow.

This session explores how to identify and strengthen natural support networks for young people; programs and practices that help repair or sustain family connections; and strategies for engaging youth in the process while honoring their agency and safety.

Whether you’re a direct service provider, systems leader, or policymaker, this conversation will offer actionable insights into the role of relationships in keeping young people stably housed and connected.

In this National Prevention Learning Collaborative (NPLC) webinar, representatives from the Seattle YMCA and Legal Counsel for Youth and Children share how these initiatives provide early intervention, housing support, and legal advocacy to reduce system involvement and improve long-term outcomes for young people.

The discussion highlights the critical role of targeted, collaborative efforts in preventing youth homelessness by addressing housing instability at key moments of vulnerability.

This webinar breaks down the basics: labor laws, contracting, taxes, public benefits, and more. We’ll share practical tips, best practices, and real-world cautionary tales to help your organization avoid the common pitfalls that can lead to harm and broken trust. If you're working with—or planning to work with—young people in paid roles, you don’t want to miss this.

This webinar featured the Pathways to Success model, an innovative intervention co-designed with young people to prevent homelessness among youth aging out of care in Colorado.The webinar gives an inside look at how the model was developed, tested through formative evaluation, and refined based on real-world outcomes.

This webinar explores a new approach to generating more accurate counts of youth experiencing homelessness in Colorado by using multi-year administrative data from multiple agencies. It also highlights the importance of youth voice in shaping the research and includes insights from service providers and state partners on the challenges and benefits of data sharing and collaboration.