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…
This webinar provided guidance and fostered innovation in best practices and strategies to create street outreach that ends homelessness. It covered topics including street outreach practices, pathways from homelessness to housing, considerations for…
Emerging evidence shows that homelessness continues to be a chronic public health problem throughout Canada. The Bridge Healing Program has been proposed in Edmonton, Alberta, as a novel approach to combat homelessness by using hospital emergency…
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.
This resource describes tiny homes in the U.S. and stewardship as a housing tenure or property relation that affords unhoused people access to land and space through co-management for individual and mutual benefit. The stewardship and co-management…
A new report from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute analyzes 2018 data from the Vulnerability Index Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool to examine the different ways in which older adults exit homelessness; identify…
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…
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.
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…
USICH checklist of the core elements of effective street outreach to people experiencing homelessness. Intended as a tool for providers or outreach staff.
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:
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
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.
