This Research-to-Impact brief is the fifth in a series that draws on multiple research components from Voices of Youth Count. Adolescence and young adulthood represent a critical developmental window. Every day that young people experience the stress of housing instability represents a missed opportunity to support healthy development and transitions to productive adulthood. Voices of Youth Count elevates the voices of young people like Jesse across our nation who lack the necessary support and resources to achieve independence and make unique contributions to our society. Throughout this brief, new evidence new evidence is raised on the distinctive issues of youth homelessness among America’s vast landscape of rural* communities