LGBTQ+ Children Without Placements
LGBTQ+ foster youth are disproportionately more likely to be in CWOP (children without placements). Please see the resources below to generate and preserve placements for LGBTQ+ foster youth.
Placements for LGBTQ+ Foster Youth
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Evidence-based family support model to decrease health risks & increase well-being for LGBTQ children & youth in the context of their families, cultures, and faith communities. Resources for children placed with parents, relatives, or non-relative adoptive homes.
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HRC’s All Children - All Families guide to recruit LGBTQ foster families.
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HUD Exchange on Youth Homelessness includes youth homelessness prevention and diversion resources and models, specifically within its LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative and the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP). Current YHDP locations include
Waco (Heart of Texas Region MHMR)
Fort Worth and Tarrant County (Tarrant County Homeless Coalition)
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Recommendations to support LGBTQ youth in Texas’s justice systems