The toolkit is organized into 13 main sections.

We begin with an overview of youth homelessness to provide an overall summary and statistical information. We then move into an overview of Covenant House at the international level as well as in Toronto and Vancouver. Next we look at transitional housing generally and the Foyer’s Hub and Spoke model more specifically.

This is followed by a discussion of Transitional Housing at Covenant House including the Rights of Passage program and the various Scattered Site Transitional Housing options. This includes a detailed look at the rules and program elements of Rights of Passage.

Finally, we look at the logistics that would be important to an agency setting up this kind of program, including staffing, funding, evaluation, policies and procedures, theories to support the work and Covenant House Toronto’s Mentorship Program.