Some ways to fill the gaps Homeless LGBTQIA youth experience:

 

A) Housing services

1. Crisis Beds
2. Permanent supportive living
3. Housing options for older LGBTQ runaway youth.

B) Educational services

1. Continuing educational programming
2. College preparation
3. Housing and dining facilities on college campuses during breaks

C) Employment services

1. employment and career planning services,
2. job development for LGBTQ RHY with special needs
3. community economic development
4. training to address workplace discrimination

D) Family services

1. Interventions promoting family acceptance, support and communication
2. Bicultural interventions for US- born LGBTQ runaway youth
3. Preventative interventions for LGBTQ runaway youth still connected to families

E) LGBTQ-affirming services

1. LGBTQ- specific programming
2. LGBTQ- affirming medical services
3. LGBTQ- affirming case management services
4. LGBTQ- youth friendly mental health services

F) Cultural competency training

1. Cultural competency training in homeless shelters
2. Advanced training in identity-affirming services within integrated programs
3. Cultural connection between LGBTQ and heterosexual and cisgender homeless youth

G) Advocacy and organizing

1. Consciousness-raising efforts in smaller and rural communities
   1. Coalition work
   2. Public-awareness campaigns