Tool designed to guide communities as they evaluate criminal background screenings in their community and assess the effect such screenings may have on justice system-involved individuals who are trying to get housing.
Results of a extended "homeless system racial equity process." The final report includes a deeper dive into the data analysis, systems modeling, and qualitative information supporting the recommendations on the approach and resources needed to infuse…
Investigation of whether the VI-SPDAT is racially inequitable and prioritizes white people for housing intervention about people of color. Uses data collected from four COC, including Multnomah. Found that "on average, BIPOC clients receive…
In this webinar, experts from the criminal justice system covered:
1. Basics on the criminal justice system and reentry and how they intersect with homeless service systems
2. Typical pre-release services and discharge planning
3. How community…
This report describes a needs assessment of Latinx persons at-risk for or who are actively homeless in Los Angeles County. We conducted interviews with stakeholders (n = 24) who work in homeless services, research, and policy. Themes from these…
Report and recommendations created by Los Angeles committee on Black people experiencing homelessness. Created over the course of 2018, with input from service providers, people with lived experience, and other experts. For a range of issues that…
This session discussed how Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other people of color experience homelessness at disproportionate rates and looked to understand and examine the root causes of these inequities to implement more equitable solutions in the…
Sessions of the Rapid Rehousing (RRH) Roundtable Discussion Series took place every six weeks, with topics to be determined along the way. Each webinar in the series hosted a facilitated dialogue amongst a small group of panelists and included an…
This webinar provides insights, practical approaches, and tools for authentic community engagement that amplifies community voice and leans into the wisdom of lived experience to drive equitable systems change.
The Toronto Housing First (At Home/Chez Soi) Ethno-Racial Intensive Case Management (HF ER ICM) project[1] delivers Housing First ensuring culturally based options for ethno-racial groups experiencing homelessness. We relied on the lessons learned…
Background: The literature on interventions addressing the intersection of homelessness, mental illness and race is scant. The At Home/Chez Soi research demonstration project is a pragmatic field trial investigating a Housing First intervention for…
This webpage hosts a flowchart intended as a starting place for providers to examine racial equity in their emergency shelter, as well as a video detailing how to use the flowchart.
