Wyndham House Concurrent Specialized Youth Hub: Program Evaluation

In December 2022, Wyndham House partnered with the Research Shop at the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute to conduct a program evaluation of their concurrent specialized youth hub (the Hub). The Hub offers low-barrier, complex-capable care for homeless youth under the age of 25 navigating mental health challenges and substance use issues. This evaluation study examined the impact of the Hub in accordance with guidelines set by current and future funders and collected feedback from clients, staff, and key stakeholders to inform services and programs moving forward. Through a combination of client surveys, service records, discharge summaries, service provider and key informant interviews, and a client arts-based focus group, this study demonstrated that the Hub has had desirable impacts in the Guelph-Wellington community. While the Hub is not able to reach all vulnerable youth in Guelph-Wellington, evidence show that it has filled existing gaps and met client needs, improved clients' access to housing and other basic needs, improved clients' health and wellbeing, created and supported connections with and between youth, and has had positive impacts in the broader community.

Read the Wyndham House Concurrent Youth Hub Program Evaluation on the Atrium.