1. Empowering Homeless Youth in Your Community: There’s an App for That Katie Morales Children In Transition Program Coordinator Jenny Espeland Homeless Liaison

2. A Picture of Homelessness in Nevada In overall homelessness in the nation 36th There are currently 23,790 children experiencing homelessness in Nevada For childhood homelessness in the nation Nevada ranks 14,815 children were identified in public schools in the 2013-2014 SY

7. Number of CIT Students Experiencing Homeless in WCSD 91% Increase

8. Graduation Rates (Class of 2014)

9. Collaborating within our community Social Services Shelters Family Resource Centers Assistance League After school programs Children Cabinets RAAH

10. Recognizing the Problem: The Run Around Phone numbers disconnected Agencies no longer in service Unknown qualifications Wasting time Frustration

11. Bringing Our Community Together

12. Hearing from our youth

13. RYN

14. It can often be difficult to navigate through the realm of services in Washoe County. Doing a Google search can be useful, but the large amount of results can be overwhelming. Additionally, the results found on Google can be outdated or irrelevant to what you are seeking.

15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2g6C_J2 2vE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2g6C_J2 2vE

16. Statistics for RenoYouthNetwork.com October 2015 455 unique visitors 1309 visits Of the 1309 visits, 1199 were less than 30 seconds long The average site visit was 95 seconds long There have been a total of 2267 keyword searches The top searches are education/school (565), housing (541), and food (147)

17. A Scenario… Teen mom; age 17 Looking for – Shelter – Childcare – High school diploma – Diapers

18. https://www.renoyouthnetwork.com/

19. Katie Morales (775)353-6938 kmorales@washoeschools.net Jenny Espeland (775)353-6937 jespeland@washoeschools.net