The Housing-Focused Street Outreach Framework is intended for both current and future street outreach providers to ensure that their work is grounded in a housing-focused approach. This framework offers essential guidance for designing and enhancing housing-focused street outreach programs that effectively connect individuals and families experiencing homelessness to long-term housing solutions.
Packed with proven strategies and best practices, it highlights the latest recommendations from the National Alliance to End Homelessness and successful outreach models across the country. Core components of the framework include:
- Data and Impact Analysis to Inform Decision-Making
- Strategic Collaboration and Partnerships
- Person-Centered Engagement
- Promotion of Community Health and Safety
- Housing-Focused Approach Anchored in Housing First
By downloading this framework, you’ll gain access to the most up to date approaches to housing-focused street outreach and ensure your program is equipped to create lasting change for those in need. As housing-focused street outreach practices continue to evolve, this framework will be updated.
Data Collection and Management for Street Outreach Providers
This companion guide to the Housing-Focused Street Outreach Framework provides supplemental information about the “how-to” of street outreach data collection and management.
It is intended for street outreach staff and program leadership who want to create solid data practices so they can better learn from their data and understand their impact. Recommendations align with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2024 Homeless Management Information System standards.