CYP Now - Good Idea: App to identify inspiring routes out of homelessness

A youth homelessness charity aims to gather data on homeless young people by developing an app for smartphones and tablets, creating the first database of its kind, and also acting as a social network to help identify solutions to problems.

Name: Database on youth homelessness

Provider: Centrepoint

Homelessness is often said to be a hidden problem. This is particularly so for young people, many of who will surf the sofas of friends or live in temporary accommodation for long periods rather than be living on the streets. Consequently, getting an accurate picture of who is homeless and the reasons for this is hard for many support agencies working with young people, and is one of the reasons why youth homelessness charity Centrepoint won half a million pounds of funding from internet giant Google to help get a handle on the scale of the problem.

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