Runaway and Homeless Youth Program
National Needs Assessment
The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and the Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center (RHYTTAC) have developed the National Needs Assessment survey as a tool for gathering feedback from Runaway and Homeless (RHY) grantees to support the development and delivery of training and technical assistance that is responsive to the needs of grantees operating various RHY-funded programs. Your feedback is valuable in accomplishing this goal. This assessment is voluntary and takes 20-30 minutes to complete. The information provided will be kept private and will not be used to make funding decisions, or other grantee-specific decisions.
Instructions for Completing the Assessment
This survey is structured to gather organization-level feedback. We encourage organizations to designate a representative to coordinate discussion and gather feedback internally on your organization’s preferences and training and technical assistance needs and submit one survey on behalf of your organization. An editable PDF document version of this survey tool is available to share and discuss with your colleagues. Please contact Dr. Melissa Kull, mkull@chapinhall.org, with any other questions about the survey.
THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20-30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The control number is 0970-0531. The control number expires on May 31, 2022.
BAC_1 Please provide the name of your organization. [Open Text Field – limit to 100 characters]
BAC_2 Please select your state or territory (drop down list of 50 states and 5 territories)
BAC_3 Which answer best describes the community(ies) served by your RHY program(s)? Please select one.
Rural
Urban/suburban
Primarily rural with urban/suburban area access
Primarily urban/suburban with rural service locations
Tribal grantee of reservation
BAC_4
Which of the following FYSB-funded RHY grants does your organization
currently
have?
Select all that
apply.
Street Outreach Program (SOP)
Basic Center Program (BCP)
Transitional Living Program (TLP)
Maternity Group Home (MGH)
BAC_5 Which category best describes the number of runaway and homeless youth served directly by your FYSB-funded RHY program(s) each year?
Please include only youth who are served with FYSB funding. If you operate more than one program, please provide the total number of youths served by all programs funded by FYSB.
Fewer than 25
25 to 49
50 to 99
100 to 199
200 or more
BAC_6 Which of the following types of non-FYSB funded programs does your organization provide for runaway and homeless youth (those funded through other sources)? Select all that apply.
Basic Center (or other short-term crisis shelter)
Drop-in Center
Host Homes
Maternity Group Home
Permanent Supportive Housing
Rapid Rehousing
Street Outreach
Transitional Living or Independent Living
None
BAC_7 Do your organization’s responses to this survey include direct inputs from executive leadership staff, direct program/practitioner staff, or both?
Executive leadership staff
Direct program/practitioner staff
Both executive leadership and direct program/practitioner staff
RUT_1 To the best of your knowledge, how many times have you or others in your organization used each of the following types of RHYTTAC training and technical assistance (TTA) in the last 12 months?
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TA Café |
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Webinar |
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Peer to Peer Learning Community |
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Guided Training Series |
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Virtual Training |
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Regional Training |
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Call, video conference, or e-mail consultation |
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Corrective Action Plans following monitoring |
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eLearning (self-directed learning on website) |
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Site-based training |
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Social media connections |
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Website Resources |
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RUT_2 Please indicate the usefulness of each type of RHYTTAC training or technical assistance used by you or your organization.
Response options will populate based
on answers to the previous question.
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Not useful (1) |
Somewhat useful (2) |
Very useful (3) |
Not applicable (99) |
TA Café |
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Webinar |
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Peer to Peer Learning Community |
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Guided Training Series |
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Virtual Training |
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Regional Training |
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Call, video conference, or e-mail consultation |
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Corrective Action Plans following monitoring |
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eLearning (self-directed learning on website) |
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Social media connections |
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RUT_3 Please select the option that best reflects your level of agreement with this statement:
In the last 12 months, knowledge, resources, and/or tips received from RHYTTAC training or technical assistance services have helped my organization to improve outcomes for youth/young adults.
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly agree
99 Don’t know
RUT_4 If your organization did not use
RHYTTAC services (i.e. training or technical assistance) in the last
12 months, please indicate the reason(s) why.
Select
all that apply.
Too busy or not enough time.
It is difficult to find staff coverage to support participation in training and technical assistance activities.
Unaware of the RHYTTAC services available.
Did not know how to access RHYTTAC services.
Did not find content that fits training needs.
Concerns about the quality of RHYTTAC services.
Used other (non-RHYTTAC) sources of training and technical assistance to meet needs.
Other (please specify) (go to RUT_5)
N/A
RUT_5 Please list other reason(s) your organization did not use RHYTTAC services in the last 12 months. [Open text field]
MON_1 Within your grant’s project period (up to 3 years), have you had a monitoring visit for one of more of your FYSB-funded RHY grants?
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2 No
MON_2 What technical assistance would be helpful in preparing for monitoring visits?
Knowing what to expect for the monitoring visit
Knowing how to prepare for the monitoring visit
Understanding Corrective Action Plans
Creating responses to Corrective Action Plans
Other (please specify) (Go to MON_3)
MON_3 Please list what other technical assistance would be helpful in preparing for monitoring visits. (Open Text)
TND_1 Now we would like your
organization’s input on prioritizing audiences/groups for
RHYTTAC training and technical assistance in general (then we will
ask about prioritizing training topics).
Thinking of your
organization’s needs, how important
would it be for RHYTTAC training and technical assistance to focus on
each of the following audiences/groups:
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Not important (0) |
Somewhat important (1) |
Important (2) |
Very important (3) |
Executive leadership |
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Program leadership |
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Program administration/ operations staff |
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Clinical staff |
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Case managers |
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Youth care workers |
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Volunteers/interns |
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Youth/young adult leaders/advisors |
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Community partner organizations or systems |
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TND_2 Please select which training topic(s) your organization believes RHYTTAC should make a priority to support your organization’s leadership and operations’ needs. Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select all that apply.
Advocacy and public policy
Background checks
Board development
Contract management
Disaster or pandemic preparedness and response (including for COVID-19 or other public health crises, natural disasters, etc.)
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Engaging community support
Fiscal management
HUD systems and Continuums of Care (CoCs)
Outcomes measurement
Program monitoring and evaluation
Program management
RHY-HMIS (Runaway and Homeless Youth – Homeless Management Information System) Repository/Data Standards
Staff recruitment
Staff retention
Staff safety
Staff training and development
Succession planning
Sustainability of RHY Programs
Volunteer recruitment/management
Other (please specify) (If selected, go to TND_3; otherwise go to TND_4)
TND_3 Please identify the other training topic(s). (Open text)
Now we have several questions about the training topics your organization believes RHYTTAC should make a priority to support your organization’s practice and service delivery needs. We will ask you about training needs related to each of FYSB’s four core outcome areas for youth experiencing homelessness, and then we will ask about cross-cutting training needs that are not specific to an outcome area.
TND_4 What training and technical assistance topic(s) would most help your organization improve young people’s safe and stable housing outcomes?
Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select all that apply.
Aftercare (post-program exit) services or counseling
Assessing housing/homelessness needs or outcomes
Collaborating with Continuums of Care
Coordinated assessments and coordinated entry systems
Crisis intervention techniques
Direct financial assistance to youth
Family strengthening, mediation, or counseling for housing stability
Federally funded housing resources/programs for youth (non-FYSB resources)
Host Homes or natural supports for housing stability
“Housing First” approaches for youth
Housing navigation
Landlord engagement
Outreach to youth
Prevention programs/practices (preventing youth homelessness/running away from occurring in the first place)
Rental assistance with services/rapid rehousing
Shelter-to-housing transition supports (from BCP/TLP/MGH)
Transitional Living Program/Maternity Group Home retention
Unaccompanied minors issues (legal, services, etc.)
Other (please specify)
(If TND_4= Other, TND_5 appears)
TND_5 Please specify other training topic(s) that would be helpful to your organization. (Open text field)
TND_6 What training and technical assistance topic(s) would most help your organization improve young people’s education or employment outcomes?
Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select all that apply.
Assessing education, training, or employment needs or outcomes
Collaborating with secondary schools or supporting youth while in middle or high school
Collaborating with post-secondary education or supporting youth while in post-secondary education
Coordinating with local workforce development agencies
Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program (federal law and resources)
Post-secondary financial aid for youth or post-secondary education housing support
Understanding effective youth employment/career pathways programs/practices
Other (please specify)
(If TND_6= Other, TND_7 appears)
TND_7 Please
specify other training topics that would be helpful to your
organization. (Open
text field)
TND_8 What training and technical assistance topic(s) would most help your organization improve young people’s permanent/positive connections outcomes?
Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select all that apply.
Assessing permanent/positive connections or social capital needs or outcomes
Building partnerships with other community-based groups or organizations
Case management for youth
Facilitating social networks for youth advancement (to community resources, career opportunities, etc.)
Family strengthening/counseling for positive supports
Family strengthening/counseling for LGBTQ+ youth
Host Home programming
Identifying and leveraging natural supports
Mentoring for youth
Peer supports or peer support program models
Positive youth development
Staff-youth positive relationship building
Using virtual platforms/social media for positive connections
Other (please specify)
(If TND_8= Other, TND_9 appears)
TND_9 Please specify other training topics that would be helpful to your organization. (Open text field)
TND_10 What training and technical assistance topic(s) would most help your organization improve young people’s social-emotional wellbeing outcomes?
Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select all that apply.
Aftercare (post-program exit) services or counseling
Assessing or screening social-emotional wellbeing needs or outcomes
Harm reduction
Mental health programs/practices
Motivational interviewing with youth
Peer supports or peer support program models
Positive youth development/youth empowerment
Pregnant/parenting youth needs (and their children’s)
Public benefits/government programs (e.g., Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), cash assistance, etc.)
Sexual and reproductive health needs
Substance use and abuse programs/practices
Trauma and the effects of trauma on youth
Virtual programming/counseling for youth well-being
Other (please specify)
(If TND_10= Other, TND_11 appears)
TND_11 Please specify other training topics that would be helpful to your organization. (Open text field)
TND_12 What cross-cutting training and technical assistance topic(s) would most help your organization improve young people’s outcomes?
Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select all that apply.
Aftercare (post-program exit) services or counseling
Collaborating with law enforcement or juvenile/criminal justice systems
Collaborating with child welfare systems
Collaborating with behavioral health systems
Confidentiality policies and protocols
Conducting screening/assessment – best practices
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in service delivery
RHY-HMIS (program set up, data entry, data extraction)
Using/finding evidence-based/evidence-informed programs/practices
Gangs and gang-involved youth
Harm reduction
Human trafficking and exploitation
Immigrant/refugee youth issues (legal, services, etc.)
LGBTQ+ youth needs
Needs of youth transitioning out of foster care
Outreach to youth
Pandemic response and/or preparedness (including COVID-19)
Pregnant/parenting youth needs (and their children’s)
Staff burn-out, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma
Unaccompanied minors issues (legal, services, etc.)
Youth collaboration, leadership, and engagement
Other (please specify)
(If TND_12= Other, TND_13 appears)
TND_13 Please specify other training topics that would be helpful to your organization. (Open text field)
TND_14 Which response best describes your organization’s technical assistance needs for outcomes measurement in each of the following four core outcome areas that FYSB has prioritized for preventing and ending youth homelessness?
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We would like SOME technical assistance (i.e. we have measure(s)/measurement practices that are okay for this outcome) (1) |
We ESPECIALLY NEED technical assistance (i.e. we struggle with identifying good measure(s)/measurement practice(s) for this outcome) (2) |
Outcomes measurement |
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Safe and stable housing |
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Education/training |
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Employment/career/earnings |
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Social-emotional well-being |
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TND_15 Has any of your organization’s staff participated in training or technical assistance outside of RHYTTAC that you think would be especially useful for FYSB RHY program grantees?
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2 No (Skip
next question)
99
Don’t know (Skip
next question)
TND_16 Please briefly list the topic of this training or technical assistance. If you remember, you can also list the name or organization of the presenter or technical assistance provider. (Open text field – limited to 100 characters)
TND_17 If your organization could participate in a Peer to Peer Learning Community or ongoing technical assistance to strengthen skills or learn approaches on one topic, what would that topic be? Please briefly just name or list the topic. Leave blank if you don’t know. (Open text field – limited to 75 characters)
PAN_1 What TTA topic(s) would be most helpful to your organization as you deliver services to youth during the COVID-19 pandemic and/or in a post-pandemic environment? Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select all that apply.
Adapting housing, shelter, or service delivery models
Advocating for youth most at-risk for COVID-19
Connecting youth to employment during a pandemic
Connecting youth to housing during a pandemic
Creating/refining an emergency preparedness plan
Direct cash/financial assistance to youth
Helping youth establish and maintain social connections
Identifying and engaging youth experiencing/at-risk for homelessness in a pandemic
Leveraging new federal funding or waivers related to the pandemic for supporting RHY
Providing youth with timely and accurate COVID-19 information and resources
Supporting youth’s educational engagement
Vaccination information (for youth or staff)
Virtual programming or leveraging technology to help adapt to circumstances
Other (please specify) (If PAN_1= Other, PAN_2 appears)
PAN_2 Other than those listed above, what other TTA topic(s) would most help your organization as you deliver services to youth during the COVID-19 pandemic and/or in a post-pandemic environment?
In this section, we would like to learn what assessment and screening tools your program(s) use, which can help RHYTTAC understand the types and focus of TTA topics related to screening and assessment that grantees most need in the coming year.
AST_1 Does your organization use any formal screening or assessment tools with youth?
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2 No (Go
to AST_4)
99
Don’t know (Go
to AST_4)
AST_2 What formal screening or assessment tool(s) do(es) your RHY program(s) use?
This includes tools for triaging youth (e.g., the Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool for Transition Age Youth), tools for understanding a youth’s experiences (e.g., Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire), and tools for measuring outcomes (e.g., Brief Symptom Inventory). Select all that apply.
Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire (ACE)
Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST or NIDA-ASSIST)
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessments (ACLSA)
Beck Scales (BYI, BAI, BDI, BSS, BHS)
Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS)
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
Child Abuse and Neglect Screening (CANS)
Child and Adolescent Service Intensity Instrument (CASII)
Child Behavior Check List (CBCL)
Child and Family Assessment Scale (CAFAS)
Childhood Severity of Psychiatric Illness (CSPI)
Children's Depression Inventory (CDI)
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Comprehensive Human Trafficking Assessment Tool (NHTRC)
Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)
Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE)
CRAFFT Screening Tool for Adolescent Substance Abuse
Daniel Memorial Assessments (Independent Living Skills, Employment Inventories)
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)
Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST)
General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)
Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN)
Human Trafficking Screening Tool (HTST or HTST-Short Form)
Individual Protective Factor Index
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6/K10)
Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI)
Mental Health Inventory (MHI)
Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC)
Outcome Rating Scale (ORS)
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)
Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT)
Self Sufficiency Matrix (SSM)
Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool for Transition Age Youth (TAY-VI-SPDAT)/Next Step Tool for Homeless Youth
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI)
Suicide Probability Scale (SPS)
The Treatment Outcome Package (TOP)
Trafficking Victim Identification Tool (TVIT)
Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI)
Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI)
UCLA Child/Adolescent PTSD Reaction Index or Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS)
World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)
Youth Assessment Screening Instrument (YASI)
Youth Thrive measures (by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, CSSP)
Other (please specify)
If AST_2=Other, go to AST_3)
AST_3 Please list the other screening or assessment tools your program(s) use(s). (Open text field)
AST_4 Thinking about your organization’s needs over the coming year, how important would it be for RHYTTAC to provide training or technical assistance on screening or assessment, in each of the following areas?
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Important (2) |
Very important (3) |
Screening/assessment |
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Risk for homelessness or reoccurring homelessness |
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Mental health |
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Substance use |
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Human trafficking or exploitation |
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Domestic violence |
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Trauma/adverse childhood experiences |
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Family needs |
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EBP_1 What evidence-based practices (EBPs) or evidence-informed practices (EIPs) do your RHY program(s) utilize? Select all that apply. If none to your knowledge, please leave blank.
Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA)
Aggression Replacement Training (ART)
Aggressor, Victim, Bystander
AWARE
Be Proud! Be Responsible!
Botvin Life-Skills Training
Brief Strategic Family Therapy
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Family Finding
Family Group Decision Making
Functional Family Therapy
Harm Reduction
Life Space Crisis Intervention
Making Proud Choices!
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT)
Motivational Interviewing
Multimodal Substance Abuse Prevention (MSAP)
Multi-Systemic Therapy
NRS's Let's Talk: Runaway Prevention
Nurturing Parent Program
Positive Action
Positive Youth Development
Power Through Choices
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents
SafeCare
Safe Dates
Safety, Mentoring, Advocacy, Recovery and Treatment (SMART)
Sanctuary Model
Say It Straight
Seeking Safety
SiHLE
Street Smart
Structured Decision Making
Teaching Family Model
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Trauma-Focused Coping
Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma Systems Therapy (TST)
Trust-Based Relational Intervention
Wahine Talk
Wraparound
Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program
Other (please specify)
(If EBP_1=Other, show EBP_2)
EBP_2 Please list the other evidence-based or evidence-informed practices your RHY program(s) utilize.
Next to each, please indicate whether your organization needs or does not need technical assistance to support or improve the implementation of each practice. (Open text field)
EBP_3 At the start of this section, you selected the list of practices that your organization provides. Please select which one(s) your organization would participate in TA to support or improve its implementation. (Only include the responses chosen in EBP_1)
Evidence-based/ Evidence-informed Practice |
Yes, our organization needs TA for this practice (1) |
No, our organization does not need TA around this practice (0) |
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EBP_4 Please list the evidence-based and evidence-informed practices your organization is currently not using, but the organization is interested in offering and needs TA to aide implementation. (Open text field)
OVF_1 Please share any additional comments about how RHYTTAC can best help your organization achieve your goals in supporting and serving youth who runaway or experience homelessness. (Open text field; limit to 250 characters)
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