Youth homelessness in Washington drops, report says

Washington saw a significant drop in youth homelessness over six years, according to a new report, something advocates say was due in part to new strategies, including emergency cash grants for youth in the margins. Why it matters: Adults living without stable housing often had their first experience with it as young people, said Casey Trupin of Raikes Foundation, which co-funded the report. • Prevention not only decreases individual trauma, it results in significant savings in the form of lower criminal justice, health care and public support costs, he told...