How to write an RBA Success Story

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If you have an RBA/OBA “turn the curve” story to tell, or any other success story about how RBA/OBA has helped, here is a format that you can use to share it with others. It should be one page if possible. It has the classic beginning, middle and end structure of all good stories. The story may be about Population …

Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges

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Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges from the Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter in Burlington, Vermont: Trine Bech, authored this paper summarizing the exceptional work of the shelter staff and residents using Results Accountability methods to turn a declining trend in rate of positive exits for young people from the shelter. A key to their success …

Turning the Curve on Positive Discharges from Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter

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Section I. In the Beginning: Spectrum Youth and Family Services is a community-based youth service agency with community outreach, shelter, transitional living, educational and substance abuse treatment programs serving approximately 2600 youths per year. The youth homeless shelter serves as an entry point for short term, temporary supported housing, where the youth identifies how they got to be homeless and …