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Report on the recommendations of the systems change collaborative to improve the health of people experiencing homelessness

The purpose of the group was to develop system-level recommendations to improve health for Chicagoans experiencing homelessness in partnership with cross-sector experts and people with lived expertise, focusing on recommendations which CDPH and City…

Tags: Chicago IL-- health-- healthcare

Canadian Housing First Toolkit

This toolkit is based on the experience of the Canadian At Home/Chez Soi project that used the Pathways to Housing model of Housing First for homeless people with mental illness. While the toolkit has a mental health focus because it is based on the…

Tags: Canada-- housing first-- implementation-- toolkit

A Practice Framework for Delivering Services to Families in Supportive Housing

This document provides a framework for practice in family supportive housing settings. It is intended to be a capacity-building tool for those who are designing or already providing case management services for families living in supportive housing.…

Tags: family homelessness-- implementation-- PSH

Rapid Re-Housing Toolkit

This toolkit is intended to help current and potential Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) providers design, redesign, and operate effective programs that successfully use the core components of RRH to end homelessness for individuals and families.

Tags: implementation-- rapid re-housing-- toolkit

Can Housing First Work for Youth?

Housing First has emerged as an effective and humane approach to addressing homelessness. In spite of the strength of the evidence, questions remain regarding the applicability of Housing First to sub-populations, including youth. The proposed…

Tags: housing first-- model fidelity-- open access-- scholarly-- youth

THIS is Housing First for Youth: Program Model Guide

This new version of THIS is Housing First has been broken into two sections. Part 1 provides an overview of the research, principles, and philosophy underpinning the HF4Y model. It concludes with a series of case examples of successful local…

Tags: housing first-- model fidelity-- youth

THIS is Housing First for Youth: Operations Manual

Part 2 of this guide takes the form of an operations manual, providing practical guidance for how to implement HF4Y. It touches upon a number of areas, including case management, supervision, community planning, and designing youth-focused service…

Tags: housing first-- implementation-- youth

Rapid Re-housing: What the Research Says

This report serves to illustrate the state of research on rapid rehousing (in 2015), and includes a nice overview of what rapid re-housing is (with graphics), what things we know, and what remains to be researched.

Tags: advocacy-- rapid re-housing

Homeless services terminology

Short glossary. Does not include all possible terms.

Tags: definition-- HMIS

Rapid re- housing: performance evaluation and improvement toolkit

This document provides details on using the performance benchmarks detailed in the Rapid Re-Housing Performance Benchmarks and Program Standards to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of rapid re-housing practice, both in individual programs and…

Tags: evaluation-- implementation-- rapid rehousing

Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

In 2017, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to address the troubling problem of youth homelessness. The first round of awards was made to 10 diverse Continuums of…

Tags: implementation-- program evaluation-- rapid rehousing

Centering Racial Equity in Homeless System Design

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…

Tags: Alameda County CA-- CoC-- racial equity-- systems design

Centering Racial Equity in Homeless System Design: Executive Summary

Executive summary explaining results of Alameda county's homeless system racial equity process.

Tags: Alameda County CA-- CoC-- racial equity-- systems design

Strategies to Balance Fidelity to Housing First Principles with Local Realities: Lessons from a Large Urban Centre

The importance of program implementation in achieving desired outcomes is well- documented, but there remains a need for concrete guidance on how to achieve fidelity to evidence- based models within dynamic local contexts. Housing First (HF), an…

Tags: at home/chez soi-- Canada-- housing first-- implementation-- model fidelity-- program evaluation-- scholarly

At Home in Winnipeg: Localizing Housing First as a Culturally Responsive Approach to Understanding and Addressing Urban Indigenous Homelessness

Long narrative explaining how the Winnipeg site of the At Home/Chez Soi research trial was operationalized by/with/for urban Indigenous Canadians experiencing homelessness.

Tags: at home/chez soi-- Canada-- culturally specific services-- housing first-- native american/alaska native/indigenous

Reducing Housing Barriers for People Involved in the Justice System: How to Assess the Landscape of Background Screening in Your Community

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.

Tags: assessment-- criminal justice system-- housing barriers-- implementation-- interactive-- racial equity

Race Equity Framework: For the Connecticut Homeless & Housing System

Racial equity framework with recommendations.

Tags: Connecticut-- racial equity-- systems design

Healthy Aging in Supportive Housing: Toolkit for service providers, developers, and property managers

Implementation guide for designing supportive housing programs that will serve seniors.

Tags: implementation-- older adults and seniors-- PSH

The Ambiguities, Limits and Risks of Housing First from a European Perspective

There is strong evidence that the Pathways Housing First model can move homeless people with sustained experiences of living rough, with problematic drug and alcohol use, and with severe mental illness straight into ordinary housing, and successfully…

Tags: housing first-- model fidelity-- open access-- pathways to housing-- scholarly

Calculating Change: Future Directions for Homelessness Data Use and Reporting

List of ideas from the national alliance to end homelessness on how homelessness data collection could be improved and what other information could be gained through changes to data collection.

Tags: data-- HMIS

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