Youth homelessness is a growing crisis in the United States that is associated with a range of adverse outcomes. A variety of social service programs exist to address youth homelessness and its consequences, such as street outreach and diversion services, emergency shelters, transitional housing programs, and rapid rehousing services, among others. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reached the United States in early 2020, altering nearly every facet of daily life, including the way social service organizations structure and deliver their programming. To understand the implications of the pandemic on housing and homelessness services for youth, the current study examines data from interviews conducted with staff from a large non-profit in Austin, Texas, serving vulnerable transition-age youth. Through these interviews, programmatic changes that occurred as a result of COVID-19—as well as challenges and facilitators to service delivery—were identified. This article provides an overview of these key learnings, as well as recommendations derived from these key learnings, for other organizations adapting their housing and homelessness services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

青年无家可归是美国日益严重的危机，与一系列不良后果有关。存在各种社会服务计划来解决青年无家可归及其后果，例如街头外展和转移服务、紧急避难所、过渡性住房计划和快速安置服务等。2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行于 2020 年初到达美国，几乎改变了日常生活的方方面面，包括社会服务组织的结构和提供方案的方式。为了了解大流行对青年住房和无家可归者服务的影响，目前的研究检查了对德克萨斯州奥斯汀一家大型非营利组织工作人员进行的采访数据，该非营利组织为弱势的过渡年龄青年提供服务。通过这些采访，确定了因 COVID-19 而发生的计划变更以及服务提供的挑战和促进因素。本文概述了这些关键学习，以及从这些关键学习中得出的建议，以供其他组织调整其住房和无家可归服务以应对 COVID-19 大流行。