Dr. Nicholas Forge is a Clinical Professor of Social Work at Georgia State University. His education includes bachelor’s (2001) and master’s (2003) degrees in Sociology from Florida Atlantic University and an MSW (2005) from Georgia State University. He holds a Ph.D. (2012) in Social Work from Fordham University in New York City. His social work practice focuses on LGBTQ-identified youths and young adults experiencing houselessness, providing case management, individual counseling, psycho-educational groups, and street outreach in Atlanta and New York. His research focuses on houselessness among LGBTQ-identified youths and young adults, particularly at the intersection of the child welfare system. He was co-investigator on the Atlanta Youth Count and Needs Assessment, a federally funded grant investigating trafficking among youths experiencing homelessness, and was co-principal investigator on a participatory action research project involving LGBTQ homeless youths. He is currently co-PI on an Americorps VISTA grant to increase outreach and service capacity for unhoused youths. He has published in Child Welfare, Children and Youth Services Review, the Journal of Community Psychology, and the Journal of Black Studies, and has co-authored book chapters on child welfare-involved LGBTQ-identified youths as well as those affected by HIV and AIDS. He is a member of the NASW and CSWE, from which he is a recent graduate of their Leadership Academy.