This study examines the need to apply a supportive housing model to the protection system for at-risk children and youth and proposes institutional measures to address the limitations of facility-centered care. It identifies structural protection gaps in the current system, including maladjustment to institutional care, discontinuities during transitions between systems, and the inability to adequately respond to the complex needs of older adolescents. Drawing on analyses of independent-living-oriented protection services in the United Kingdom and the United States, the study presents policy recommendations for delivering supportive housing-based child and youth protection services, focusing on the legal and institutional framework, service delivery system, housing types, professional workforce, and mechanisms for safeguarding rights.