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Continuum of Care (COC) Program

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote community wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and…

Tags: CoC-- definition-- HUD

Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Eligibility Requirements

Explanation of what a CoC does

Tags: CoC-- funding-- government-- HUD

Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Eligibility Requirements

explanation from HUD of what the CoC program is.

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Contracting and Procurement for Culturally Specific and Responsive Services

Multnomah county's definitions of racial equity, cultural competency, and culturally specific and responsive services. The document is intended to guide contracting and procurement, but definitions given here can apply more generally.

Tags: culturally specific care-- culturally specific services-- definition-- Multnomah County OR-- racial equity

Coordinated Entry Core Elements

This Guidebook and related coordinated entry tools and materials are designed to help CoCs:
● Understand the core components of coordinated entry by outlining what HUD requires
● Plan and implement a coordinated entry process appropriate to their…

Tags: coordinated entry-- definition

Coordinated Entry Systems: Racial Equity Analysis of Assessment Data

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…

Tags: coordinated entry-- data-- Multnomah county-- racial equity-- VI-SPDAT

Core Elements of Effective Street Outreach to People Experiencing Homelessness

USICH checklist of the core elements of effective street outreach to people experiencing homelessness. Intended as a tool for providers or outreach staff.

Tags: implementation-- outreach

County Profiles 2023- Oregon Housing: Homelessness by County

Interactive map showing PIT counts by county.

Tags: data-- OHCS-- Oregon-- point-in-time count

Covid-19 Homeless System Response: 5 Tips to Approaching Rehousing with Racial Equity

This document offers specific tips on how to incorporate racial equity into a rehousing strategy. Not covid-19 exclusive.

Tags: COVID-19-- implementation-- racial equity

Covid-19 Homeless System Response: Advancing Racial Equity through Assessments and Prioritization

Brief with suggestions on how to reduce racial bias in coordinated entry systems and other assessment tools.

Tags: coordinated entry-- data-- racial equity

Covid-19 Homeless System Response: Evidence-based Service Delivery

Brief fact sheet that explains five evidence-based practices commonly used in homeless response: housing first, critical time intervention,assertive community treatment, motivational interviewing, and intensive case management.

Tags: case management-- definition-- supportive services

Covid-19 Homeless System Response: Housing-Focused Outreach

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A housing-focused outreach approach requires a systemic reimagining of the street outreach model to include changes in community-level and provider-level policies and practices. This resource covers:

The difference between housing-focused outreach…

Tags: additional resources-- housing first-- implementation-- outreach

Covid-19 Homeless System Response: Increasing Equity in the Homeless Response System Through
Expanding Procurement

Brief discussing the importance of soliciting grant proposals from a variety or organizations who are trusted by and serve BIPOC communtiies. Includes suggestions for how to expland the providers one contracts with

Tags: funding-- providers-- racial equity

Credit Scoring as a Carceral Practice: An Abolitionist Framework.

The practice of credit scoring is ubiquitous in today’s economy. Three-digit credit scores or their underlying data are applied well beyond the lending decisions for which they were originally designed and are routinely used in the contexts of…

Tags: barriers-- black/african american-- credit scores-- paywall

CSH Literature Review of Supportive Housing: By Study

Review of the results of 18 studies on supportive housing, reports results in areas such as shelter, healthcare, mental health, criminal justice, quality of life.

Tags: literature review-- PSH-- supportive housing

Data Collection About People Experiencing Homelessness

Report identifying the homeless data collection systems being used by the member agencies of USICH, including identification of which systems interact with, or are accessible by, multiple agencies.

Tags: data-- HMIS