N/A N=25 Treatment

Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.5 (TYOH 2.5)

Homelessness · Youth

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Sep 2025

Primary outcome: Primary: Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Assessed by Recruitment/Enrolment/Completion Metrics) — 35; 25; 18 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program (Behavioral)
Age: Pediatric, Adult · 16+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto
Primary completion: Aug 2024

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Assessed by Recruitment/Enrolment/Completion Metrics)	35; 25; 18	—
PRIMARY Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Assessed by Program Attendance)	75.5	—
PRIMARY Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Assessed by Program Feedback Questionnaire)	0; 0; 0; 1; 8; 9	—
PRIMARY Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Informed by Focus Groups)	3; 7	—
SECONDARY Pre-post Intervention Change in Identity Capital (Assessed by Multi-Measure Agentic Personality Scale)	20.3; 18.8; 20.8; 20.6; 21.9; 20.2	0.0011 sig
SECONDARY Pre-post Intervention Change in Knowledge of Program Material	76.0; 88.0; 40.0; 87.5; 80.0; 100.0	—

Summary

The idea for this study came from the research team's current study called Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness (TYOH) 2.0, which provides coaching and a leadership guide to youth transitioning out of homelessness. Based on feedback from youth and coaches involved in that study, the research team plans to make small changes to the leadership guide and see if it works better as an in-person, four-week leadership program. All participants in this study will be invited to attend an in-person, four-week leadership program. There will be two programs running at the same time: one in St. Catharines and one in Toronto. The goal is to have 15 participants in each program. The main purpose of the study is to learn what participants think of the program. The second purpose is to see if there are changes in identity capital (feeling a sense of purpose and confidence in achieving goals) and knowledge about things that are covered in the program, when the research team compares participants' answers at the beginning and at the end of the program.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible young people aged 16-24 years who have transitioned out of homelessness (e.g., no longer living in a shelter or couch surfing), defined as 3 consecutive months within the past 12 months, will be identified by community partners (note: for the purpose of this study, youth living in foster care will be considered homeless).

This age mandate was chosen because this is the age group served by the community partners. The research team has chosen to target the first year of exiting homelessness because collective experience has shown that this can be a particularly precarious time for youth in terms of mental health challenges and risk of (re)experiencing homelessness (even if youth have attempted exits in the past).

Inclusion Criteria

Be able to provide free and informed consent.
Be able to understand English (leadership program and data collection will be conducted in English).
Have experienced homelessness (e.g., unstable housing arrangements including shelter stays, foster care, and couch surfing) for 3 consecutive months in the past 12 months.
Be able to consistently attend the four-week leadership program.

Exclusion Criteria

Enrolled in a program or study with similar features to the TYOH 2.5 leadership program.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06425458). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.