Collaborative Research: Extended Family Support and the Housing Stability of Youth

合作研究：扩大家庭支持和青少年的住房稳定性

• 批准号: 2148934
• 负责人: Amy Stone
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Trinity University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-05-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148934&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Extended; Family; Support

Family rejection is a well-known cause of youth homelessness. This project aims to understand how support from extended family members shapes pathways of housing stability and safety before youth end up at shelters or on the streets. The study documents the roles and practices of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and adult siblings in providing long-term shelter and housing stability for youth whose parents are unsupportive or ambivalent about their children’s identities and behaviors. The research is innovative in its focus on youth who are experiencing challenges at home but are not yet homeless. The study advances the science on familial social support and homelessness. Researchers draw from the study’s findings to engage in outreach to youth shelters and programs and inform practitioners and decision-makers on strategies to prevent youth homelessness.To understand the role of non-parental relatives and how their support shapes the housing stability and safety of youth, this project studies 80 youth aged 16-19 who are at risk of homelessness using a 14-month mixed-methods longitudinal approach. Participants are recruited from two states in the southwest United States, including youth in rural communities and from minority groups. Data are collected through an initial interview, 10 monthly surveys, and a follow-up interview tailored to each respondent. Researchers evaluate how the forms and consistency of instrumental and emotional support that youths receive from extended family influence their sense of safety and housing stability. A longitudinal approach enables analysis of how family support and housing stability and safety shift over time.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

家庭排斥是青年无家可归的一个众所周知的原因。该项目旨在了解大家庭成员的支持如何在青年最终进入收容所或流落街头之前塑造住房稳定和安全的途径。这项研究记录了祖父母、阿姨、叔叔、堂兄弟姐妹和成年兄弟姐妹在为父母不支持或对子女的身份和行为持矛盾态度的青年提供长期住所和住房稳定性方面的作用和做法。这项研究的创新之处在于，它侧重于那些在家中面临挑战但尚未无家可归的青年。这项研究推进了家庭社会支持和无家可归的科学。研究人员从研究结果中汲取经验，参与青年收容所和项目的推广，并向从业者和决策者提供预防青年无家可归的策略。为了了解非父母亲属的作用以及他们的支持如何塑造青年的住房稳定性和安全性，该项目使用14个月的混合方法纵向方法对80名16-19岁有无家可归风险的青年进行了研究。参与者来自美国西南部的两个州，包括农村社区和少数群体的青年。通过初步访谈、10次月度调查和针对每个受访者的后续访谈收集数据。研究人员评估了年轻人从大家庭获得的工具和情感支持的形式和一致性如何影响他们的安全感和住房稳定性。纵向方法可以分析家庭支持和住房稳定性和安全性如何随着时间的推移而变化。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Aunties, Aunts, and Tías : The Forgotten Othermother Supporting and Housing LGBTQ Youth

阿姨、阿姨和塔斯：被遗忘的母亲支持和安置 LGBTQ 青少年

• DOI: 10.1177/23780231231217827
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
• 作者: Robinson, Brandon Andrew;Stone, Amy L.;Webb, Javania Michelle
• 通讯作者: Webb, Javania Michelle