Preliminary Outcomes for Washington’s Housing Stability for Youth in Courts (H-SYNC) Program

Since 2019, the Housing Stability for Youth in Courts (H-SYNC) program has referred court-involved youth ages 12 to 18 who are at risk of homelessness to support services in their communities. This report describes the demographic characteristics, housing status, and criminal legal involvement of 112 program participants who enrolled in H-SYNC from July 2022 to March 2025, as well as 6-month pre-post outcomes for a smaller number (n = 45) of participants with sufficient follow-up data. Preliminary outcome analyses suggest that H-SYNC services were effective in connecting participants to housing services but provided insufficient evidence to identify impacts on other outcomes of interest. Several factors limited this study’s ability to evaluate the H-SYNC program including the small number of participants, the limited period for follow-up data, the absence of a statistically matched comparison group,  and the lack of access to health-related outcome measures.