Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center (RHYTTAC) National Needs Assessment

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Runaway and Homeless Youth Program

2023 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 to gather feedback from Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) grantees. The goal of this survey is to learn how to better 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 roughly 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 is available to share and discuss with your colleagues. Please contact Dr. Amanda Griffin, agriffin@chapinhall.org, with any other questions about the survey.

Please complete the survey below. Thank you!

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Section 1. Background

BAC_1 Please provide the name of your organization.

BAC_2 Please select your state or territory (drop down list of 50 states and 5 territories)

BAC_3 Please provide your FYSB RHY grant number(s) for each project.

BAC_4 Which answer best describes the community(ies) served by your RHY program(s)? Please select one.

1. Rural

2. Urban/suburban

3. Primarily rural with urban/suburban area access

4. Primarily urban/suburban with rural service locations

5. Tribal Community, Tribal Nation, etc.

BAC_5 Which of the following FYSB-funded RHY grants does your organization currently have? Select all that apply.

1. Street Outreach Program (SOP)

2. Basic Center Program (BCP)

3. Transitional Living Program (TLP)

4. Maternity Group Home (MGH)

BAC_6 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.

1. Fewer than 25

2. 25 to 49

3. 50 to 99

4. 100 to 199

5. 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.

1. Basic Center (or other short-term crisis shelter)

2. Drop-in Center

3. Host Homes

4. Maternity Group Home

5. Permanent Supportive Housing

6. Rapid Rehousing

7. Street Outreach

8. Transitional Living or Independent Living

9. Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP)

10. None
    
    

BAC_7 Do your organization’s responses to this survey include direct inputs from executive leadership staff, direct program/practitioner staff, or both?

1. Executive leadership staff

2. Direct program/practitioner staff

3. Both executive leadership and direct program/practitioner staff

Section 2. RHYTTAC Utilization & Experiences

RUT_1 To the best of your knowledge, 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? Select all that apply.

	No (0)	Yes (1)
Group Training and TA
Regional Training (virtually only in Nov 2022)
Regional Training (in-person hybrid Spring 2023)
TA Café
Virtual Training (skills-based training such as Motivational Interviewing)
Webinar
Individual Training or TA
Call, video conference, or e-mail consultation
eLearning (self-directed learning on website)/Website Resources
Support for Corrective Action Plans following monitoring

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.

	Not useful (1)	Somewhat useful (2)	Very useful (3)	N/A (99)
Group Training and TA
Regional Training (virtually only in Nov 2022)
Regional Training (in-person hybrid Spring 2023)
TA Café
Virtual Training (skills-based training such as Motivational Interviewing)
Webinar
Individual Training or TA
Call, video conference, or e-mail consultation
eLearning (self-directed learning on website)/Website Resources
Support for Corrective Action Plans following monitoring

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.

1. Strongly disagree

2. Disagree

3. Neutral

4. Agree

5. 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.

1. Too busy or not enough time.

2. It is difficult to find staff coverage to support participation in training and technical assistance activities.

3. Unaware of the RHYTTAC services available.

4. Did not know how to access RHYTTAC services.

5. Did not find content that fits training needs.

6. Concerns about the quality of RHYTTAC services.

7. Used other (non-RHYTTAC) sources of training and technical assistance to meet needs.

8. Other (please specify) (If RUT_4=Other, RUT_5 appears)

9. N/A

RUT_5 Please list other reason(s) your organization did not use RHYTTAC services in the last 12 months.

RUT_6 Does your program provide services to RHY in languages other than English?

1 Yes

2 No

3 Don’t know

4 Prefer not to answer

(If Yes, go to RUT_7; If No, go to Section 3 FYSB Monitoring)

RUT_7 Please select the language(s) in which your program provides services to RHY. Select all that apply.

1. Spanish

2. Chinese (Mandarin)

3. Chinese (Cantonese)

4. Tagalog (Filipino)

5. Vietnamese

6. French and/or French Creole

7. Arabic

8. Other (If RUT_7=Other, go to RUT_8; otherwise go to RUT_9)

RUT_8 What other language(s) does your organization provide services to RHY?

RUT_9 Would your program use RHYTTAC resources translated in a language other than English?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Don’t know

4. Prefer not to answer

(If Yes, go to RUT_10; If No, go to Section 3 FYSB Monitoring)

RUT_10 Please select the language(s) you would prioritize for RHYTTAC translated resources. Select all that apply.

1. Spanish

2. Chinese (Mandarin)

3. Chinese (Cantonese)

4. Tagalog (Filipino)

5. Vietnamese

6. French and/or French Creole

7. Arabic

8. Other (If RUT_10=Other, go to RUT_11; otherwise go to RUT_12)

RUT_11 What other language(s) would you prioritize for RHYTTAC translated resources?

RUT_12 What type of resources would your program use if they were translated in your previously selected languages?

1. Virtual training recordings

2. Live presentations

3. PowerPoint slides

4. Tip sheets/Fact sheets

5. Reports or briefs

6. Emails

7. None of the above

8. Other (If RUT_12 = other, go to RUT_11; otherwise go to MON_1)

RUT_11 What other types of resources would you prioritize for RHYTTAC translated resources?

Section 3. FYSB Monitoring

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?

1 Yes
2 No

MON_2 What technical assistance would be helpful in preparing for monitoring visits? Please select all that apply.

1. Knowing what to expect for the monitoring visit

2. Knowing how to prepare for the monitoring visit

3. Understanding Corrective Action Plans

4. Creating responses to Corrective Action Plans

5. Other (please specify) (If MON_2=Other, MON_3 appears)

MON_3 Please list what other technical assistance would be helpful in preparing for monitoring visits.

Section 4. Training Need Priorities

TND_1 Please select which training topic(s) your organization believes RHYTTAC should prioritize 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.

1. Advocacy and public policy

2. Background checks

3. Board development

4. Collaborating with other systems

5. Contract management

6. Data-Driven Decision Making

7. Disaster or pandemic preparedness and response (including for COVID-19 or other public health crises, natural disasters, etc.)

8. Diversity, equity, and inclusion

9. Engaging community support

10. Equity in youth engagement

11. Fiscal management

12. Hiring youth in staff roles

13. HUD systems and Continuums of Care (CoCs)

14. Leading in Partnership with Youth with Lived Expertise

15. Program monitoring and evaluation

16. Program management

17. RHY-HMIS (Runaway and Homeless Youth – Homeless Management Information System) Repository/Data Standards

18. RHY-HMIS (Runaway and Homeless Youth – Homeless Management Information System) Dashboard

19. RHY-HMIS (Runaway and Homeless Youth – Homeless Management Information System) Project

20. Staff Mental Health and Well-Being

21. Staff recruitment

22. Staff retention, training, and development

23. Staff safety

24. Succession planning

25. Sustainability of RHY Programs

26. Volunteer recruitment/management

27. Youth outcomes measurement

28. Other (specify) (If TND_1=Other, TND_2 appears)

TND_2 Please identify the other training topic(s).

TND_3 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.

1. Aftercare (post-program exit) services or counseling

2. Collaborating with law enforcement or juvenile/criminal justice systems

3. Collaborating with child welfare systems

4. Collaborating with behavioral health systems

5. Confidentiality policies and protocols

6. Conducting screening/assessment – best practices

7. Direct financial assistance to youth (i.e., cash transfers)

8. Diversity, equity, and inclusion in service delivery

9. Gangs and gang-involved youth

10. Human trafficking and exploitation

11. Immigrant/refugee youth issues (legal, services, etc.)

12. LGBTQIA2S+ youth needs

13. Needs of youth transitioning out of foster care

14. Outreach to youth

15. Pandemic response and/or preparedness (including COVID-19)

16. Positive Youth Development (PYD)

17. Accessing public benefits/government programs (e.g., Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), cash assistance, REAL ID etc.)

18. Pregnant/parenting youth needs (and their children’s)

19. Prevention programs/practices (preventing youth homelessness/running away from occurring in the first place)

20. RHY-HMIS (program set up, data entry, data extraction)

21. Staff burn-out, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma

22. Unaccompanied minors issues (legal, services, etc.)

23. Using or finding evidence-based/evidence-informed programs/practices

24. Youth collaboration, leadership, and engagement

25. Other (please specify) (If TND_3= Other, TND_4 appears)

TND_4 Please specify other training topics that would be helpful to your organization.

Section 5. Training Needs: Outcome Areas

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 about cross-cutting training needs that are not specific to an outcome area. We ask you to select the Top 3 training topic priorities in each domain.

OUT_1 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 your top 3.

1. Aftercare (post-program exit) services or counseling

2. Assessing housing/homelessness needs

3. Collaborating with Continuums of Care

4. Collaborating with Housing Authorities

5. Coordinated assessments and coordinated entry systems

6. Crisis intervention techniques

7. Family strengthening, mediation, or counseling for housing stability

8. Federally funded housing resources/programs for youth (non-FYSB resources)

9. Host Homes or natural supports for housing stability

10. “Housing First” approaches for youth

11. Housing navigation

12. Landlord engagement

13. Low Barrier Services

14. Measuring youth’s safe and stable housing outcomes

15. Rental assistance with services/rapid rehousing

16. Shelter-to-housing transition supports (from BCP/TLP/MGH)

17. Transitional Living Program/Maternity Group Home retention

18. Other (please specify) (If OUT_1=Other, OUT_2 appears)

OUT_2 Please specify other training topic(s) that would be helpful to your organization.

OUT_3 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 your top 3.

1. Assessing education, training, or employment needs

2. Collaborating with secondary schools or McKinney-Vento liaison to support youth while in middle or high school

3. Collaborating with post-secondary education or supporting youth while in post-secondary education

4. Coordinating with local workforce development agencies

5. Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program (federal law and resources)

6. Measuring youth’s education or employment outcomes

7. Post-secondary financial aid for youth or post-secondary (e.g., assisting with FAFSA application)

8. education housing support

9. Understanding effective youth employment/career pathways programs/practices

10. Other (please specify) (If OUT_3=Other, OUT_4 appears)

OUT_4 Please specify other training topics that would be helpful to your organization.

OUT_5 What training and technical assistance topic(s) would most help your organization improve young people’s permanent connections outcomes? Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select your top 3.

1. Assessing permanent connections needs

2. Building partnerships with other community-based groups or organizations

3. Case management for youth

4. Facilitating social networks for youth advancement (to community resources, career opportunities, etc.)

5. Family strengthening/counseling for positive supports

6. Family strengthening/counseling for LGBTQIA2S+ youth

7. Identifying and leveraging natural supports

8. Measuring youth’s permanent connections’ outcomes

9. Mentoring for youth

10. Peer supports or peer support program models

11. Staff-youth positive relationship building

12. Using virtual platforms/social media for positive connections

13. Other (please specify)

(If OUT_5=Other, OUT_6 appears)

OUT_6 Please specify other training topics that would be helpful to your organization.

OUT_7 What training and technical assistance topic(s) would most help your organization improve young people’s social and emotional wellbeing outcomes? Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event. Select your top 3.

1. Assessing or screening social-emotional wellbeing needs

2. Coping strategies, self-regulation, or co-regulation for youth

3. Harm reduction

4. Mental health programs/practices

5. Peer supports or peer support program models

6. Physical health screening and assessment

7. Physical health interventions/practices

8. Sexual and reproductive health needs

9. Substance use disorder programs/practices

10. Suicide prevention

11. Trauma and the effects of trauma on youth

12. Virtual programming/counseling for youth well-being

13. Youth empowerment

14. Other (please specify)

(If OUT_7=Other, OUT_8 appears)

OUT_8 Please specify other training topics that would be helpful to your organization.

Section 6. Training Needs: Outcomes Measurement

OM_1 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?

	We DON’T NEED technical assistance (i.e., we are satisfied with our measure(s)/ measurement practices for this outcome ) (0)	We would like SOME technical assistance (i.e., we have measure(s)/ measurement practices that are okay for this outcome) (1)	We need A LOT of technical assistance (i.e., we struggle with identifying good measure(s)/ measurement practice(s) for this outcome) (2)
Outcomes measurement
OM_1a Safe and stable housing
OM_1b Education or employment
OM_1c Permanent connections
OM_1d Social and emotional well-being

OM_2 If you received training or technical assistance outside of RHYTTAC that you think would be helpful for FYSB RHY grantees, 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.

OM_3 What is the one training topic around which representatives of your organization would participate in TTA or an ongoing TTA series? Please briefly just name or list the topic. Leave blank if you don’t know.

Section 7. Training Needs for System Collaboration

SYS_1 To what extent does your organization partner or collaborate with other systems?

	We DO NOT PARTNER or collaborate with: (0)	We have OCCASIONALLY PARTNER or collaborate with: (1)	We ROUTINELY PARTNER or collaborate with: (2)
SYS_1a Behavioral health (group counseling, addiction services, etc.)
SYS_1b Child welfare
SYS_1c HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC)
SYS_1d Early childhood (Head Start, home visiting, etc.)
SYS_1e Education/school-based services
SYS_1f Juvenile justice/corrections
SYS_1g Medical health (nurse, doulas, referral to medical care, etc.)
SYS_1h Post-secondary education
SYS_1i Public benefit systems (food banks, Medicaid, WIC, TANF, etc.)
SYS_1j Public Housing Agencies (PHA)
SYS_1k Workforce development
SYS_1l Other organizations or systems

SYS 2 Thinking about your organization’s needs over the coming year, how important would it be for RHYTTAC to provide training or technical assistance focused on collaborating with the following systems?

	Not important (0)	Somewhat important (1)	Important (2)	Very important (3)
SYS 2a Behavioral health (group counseling, addiction services, etc.)
SYS 2b Child welfare
SYS 2c HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC)
SYS 2d Early childhood (Head Start, home visiting, etc.)
SYS 2e Education/school-based services
SYS 2f Juvenile justice/corrections
SYS 2g Medical health (nurse, doulas, referral to medical care, etc.)
SYS 2h Post-secondary education
SYS 2i Public benefit systems (food banks, Medicaid, WIC, TANF, etc.)
SYS 2j Public Housing Agencies (PHA)
SYS 2k Workforce development

SYS 3 What TTA topics would be most helpful to strengthen or build collaborations with other systems? Select all that apply.

1. Establishing referral pathways

2. Strengthening referral processes and protocols

3. Establishing practices and policies to facilitate connections between systems (e.g., warm handoffs)

4. Information and data sharing across systems

5. Staff training needs to support cross-sector collaboration

6. Collaborating to identify youth at risk of experiencing homelessness

7. Strengthening cross-systems partnerships for preventing youth homelessness

8. Strengthening cross-systems partnerships for meeting youth’s housing needs

9. Strengthening cross-systems partnerships for meeting youth’s needs for education/employment

10. Strengthening cross-systems partnerships for helping youth establish permanent connections

11. Strengthening cross-systems partnerships for supporting youth’s physical health

12. Strengthen cross-system partnerships for preventing and supporting youth’s mental health

13. Strengthen cross-system partnerships for preventing and supporting youth’s substance use

14. Other (please specify) (If SYS_3=Other, SYS_4 appears)

SYS_4 Please specify other TTA topics that would help your organization build cross-system partnerships.

Section 8. Training Needs During Public Health and Community Emergencies

PAN_1 What TTA topic(s) would be most helpful to your organization to deliver services to youth during a public health or community emergency, natural disaster, or other events causing disruption to services?

Please only select those topics for which someone from your organization would likely attend a TTA event.
Select all that apply.

1. Adapting housing, shelter, or service delivery models

2. Advocating for youth most at-risk for public health concerns (e.g., COVID-19, HIV, STIs, etc.)

3. Connecting youth to employment during a public health or community emergency

4. Connecting youth to housing during a public health or community emergency

5. Creating/refining an emergency preparedness plan

6. Direct cash/financial assistance to youth

7. Helping youth establish and maintain social connections

8. Identifying and engaging youth experiencing/at-risk for homelessness in a public health or community emergency

9. Overdose prevention strategies, including harm reduction strategies to support youth who use substances

10. Providing youth with timely and accurate information and resources related to public health or community emergencies

11. Providing youth with support for substance use disorders

12. Recognizing and supporting the mental health needs of youth

13. Supporting youth’s educational engagement

14. Vaccination and other preventative medication (e.g., HPV, PrEP) information

15. Virtual programming or leveraging technology to help adapt to circumstances

16. 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?

Section 9. Assessments and Screening Tools

In this section, we would like to learn what assessment and screening tools your program(s) use, which can help RHYTTAC understand the 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 for youth experiences or outcomes?

1 Yes
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.

1. Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire (ACE)

2. Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)

3. Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST or NIDA-ASSIST)

4. Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

5. Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessments (ACLSA)

6. Beck Scales (BYI, BAI, BDI, BSS, BHS)

7. Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS)

8. Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)

9. CAGE Assessment

10. Child Abuse and Neglect Screening (CANS)

11. Child and Adolescent Service Intensity Instrument (CASII)

12. Child Behavior Check List (CBCL)

13. Child and Family Assessment Scale (CAFAS)

14. Child & Youth Resilience Measure

15. Childhood Severity of Psychiatric Illness (CSPI)

16. Children's Depression Inventory (CDI)

17. Children’s Hope Scale

18. Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

19. Comprehensive Human Trafficking Assessment Tool (NHTRC)

20. Commercial Sexual Exploitation Identification Tool (CSE-IT)

21. Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

22. Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE)

23. CRAFFT Screening Tool for Adolescent Substance Abuse

24. Daniel Memorial Assessments (Independent Living Skills, Employment Inventories)

25. Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)

26. Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST)

27. Functional Assessment Screening Tool

28. General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)

29. Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN)

30. Human Trafficking Screening Tool (HTST or HTST-Short Form)

31. Individual Protective Factor Index

32. Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6/K10)

33. Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI)

34. Mental Health Continuum

35. Mental Health Inventory (MHI)

36. Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC)

37. NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Quick Screen

38. Outcome Questionnaire/Youth Outcome Questionnaire

39. Outcome Rating Scale (ORS)

40. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)

41. Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT)

42. Self Sufficiency Matrix (SSM)

43. Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool for Transition Age Youth (TAY-VI-SPDAT)/Next Step Tool for Homeless Youth

44. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

45. Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI)

46. Suicide Probability Scale (SPS)

47. Texas Success Initiative Assessment

48. The Treatment Outcome Package (TOP)

49. Trafficking Victim Identification Tool (TVIT)

50. Trauma and Attachment Belief Scale (TABS)

51. Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC)

52. Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI)

53. Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI)

54. UCLA Child/Adolescent PTSD Reaction Index or Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS)

55. World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)

56. Youth Assessment Screening Instrument (YASI)

57. Youth Thrive measures (by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, CSSP)

58. 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 assessment or screening tools in each of the following areas?

	Not important (0)	Somewhat important (1)	Important (2)	Very important (3)
AST_4a Risk for homelessness or reoccurring homelessness
AST_4b Mental health
AST_4c Substance use
AST_4d Human trafficking or exploitation
AST_4e Domestic violence
AST_4f Trauma/adverse childhood experiences
AST_4g Family needs
AST_4h Benefits eligibility

AST_5 Thinking about your organization’s TTA needs for assessment and screening tools, how important would it be for RHYTTAC to provide training or technical assistance on the following topics?

	Not important (0)	Somewhat important (1)	Important (2)	Very important (3)
AST_5a Selecting the right assessment and screening tools for your program(s)
AST_5b Best practices for administering the selected tools with youth
AST_5c Using implementation and fidelity monitoring tools for assessments/screening
AST_5d Understanding how to use the results of assessment and screening

Section 10. Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed Practices

EBP_1 Does your RHY program(s) use any evidence-based or evidence-informed practices (EBP/EIP)?

1 Yes
2 No (Go to EBP_6)
99 Don’t know (Go to EBP_6)

EBP_2 Which evidence-based practices (EBPs) or evidence-informed practices (EIPs) does your RHY program(s) utilize? Select all that apply. If none to your knowledge, please leave blank.

1, Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA)

2, Aggression Replacement Training (ART)

5, Be Proud! Be Responsible!

6, Botvin Life-Skills Training

7, Brief Strategic Family Therapy

8, Cognitive Processing Therapy

9, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

10, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

12, Family Group Decision Making

13, Functional Family Therapy

15, Life Space Crisis Intervention

16, Making Proud Choices!

17, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

19, Motivational Interviewing

21, Multi-Systemic Therapy

23, Nurturing Parent Program

24, Positive Action

27, Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents

28, SafeCare

30, Safety, Mentoring, Advocacy, Recovery and Treatment (SMART)

31, Sanctuary Model

32, Say It Straight

33, Seeking Safety

35, Street Smart

36, Structured Decision Making

37, Teaching Family Model

39, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

40, Trauma-Focused Coping

41, Trauma-Informed Care

42, Trauma Systems Therapy (TST)

43, Trust-Based Relational Intervention

44, Wahine Talk

45, Wraparound

46, Wyman's Teen Outreach Program

47, Other (please specify)

(If EBP_2=Other, show EBP_3)

EBP_3 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.

EBP_4 Among the EBPs or EIPs your organization uses, please indicate if your organization would participate in TTA to support or improve its implementation. (Only include the responses chosen in EBP_2)

EBP/EIP	Yes, our organization needs TTA on this EBP/EIP (1)	No, our organization does not need TTA on this EBP/EIP (0)
EBP_4a
EBP_4b
EBP_4d

EBP_5 Does your organization use any formal implementation or fidelity monitoring tools provided in the EBP documentation for the EBPs you indicated using in the first question?

1. Yes

2. No

99 Do not Know

EBP_6 Would your organization participate in TTA covering continuous quality improvement (CQI) tools and best practices, including implementation and fidelity monitoring tools for EBPs?

1. Yes

2. No

99 Do not Know

EBP_7 Please list the EBPs/EIPs your organization is not currently using but is interested in offering and needs TA to aide implementation.

Section 11. Overall Feedback

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.

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