Youth Homelessness
June 4th, 2026
01:00 PM – 2:30 PM
- No CEUs
- Cost: $20 Non-Members/$10 Members
This webinar for anyone working with or interested in addressing and preventing the increase in youth homelessness. This webinar features speakers who have experienced youth homelessness who will provide both a first person perspective coupled with the macro data driven best practices for a unique insight into the needs and barriers to persons 18-24 who are facing homelessness. This webinar will have the following learning objectives:
- Attendees will understand the prevalence of youth homelessness in Michigan and across the State
- Attendees will understand the causes and unique barriers for youth in homelessness with a focus on Queer youth, youth aging out of foster care, abuse and neglect, documentation challenges,lack of work history, credit rating, support system, ongoing trauma from foster/family of origin and how adult biases can exacerbate all of these issues
- Attendees will understand best practices for supporting youth – including trauma-informed care, putting together a holistic case plan including developing credit, work skills, trauma counseling, connecting youth to maternal and infant health resources, and child care
Facilitator
Azaria Terrel, Sarah Kinnunen, and Latavia Hereford
Latavia Hereford is a youth advocate and Content & Communications Manager for the Regional Youth Action Board under Out Wayne CoC. With lived experience in housing instability, she works to make sure youth voices are heard in decisions that impact their lives. As a proud member of the sickle cell warrior community, she brings strength and lived insight to her advocacy.Sarah Kinnunen is an immigrant youth with lived experience of homelessness. I serve as the Executive Director for the Out-Wayne Youth Action Board and am a member of the Regional YAB and Out-Wayne Continuum of Care. I’m coding and launching a hub, MichiganConnect.org, that serves as a central point for education and resource-sharing regarding acute, ongoing, and preventable crises. Everyone should have access to housing, employment, safety, and wellness. I look forward to our collaborative efforts to end youth homelessness.