AB 249: Housing: Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: youth-specific processes and coordinated entry systems.

This bill aims to improve the response to homelessness in California by implementing a youth-specific process within the continuum of care. The continuum of care must certify that they create or maintain a youth-specific process, implement a youth-specific assessment tool, and consult with a body composed of youth with lived experience of homelessness. The bill also requires the continuum of care to document how their housing assessment is youth-specific and their prioritization policy. Additionally, the bill makes findings and declarations related to youth-specific programs and the homeless housing, assistance, and prevention program. The goal is to provide more effective services to homeless youth populations.