The Federal Government is encouraging communities to reduce homelessness by allocating resources to permanent solutions such as rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing. This template has been created to help identify how resources in the Continuum of Care region are currently allocated, how resources will be utilized, and how existing resources will be reallocated.
Category: Continuum of Care
Recommendations for Effective Implementation of the HEARTH Act Continuum of Care Regulations
The purpose of this document is to help Continuums take advantage of opportunities in the interim Continuum of Care regulations to further the use of national best practices in their communities. The Alliance’s recommendations focus on coordinated assessment, transitional housing, rapid re-housing, and governance and performance measurement. This brief also contains many links to other resources available on these topics from the Alliance and its partners.
Coordinated Assessment 101: Understanding the Basics
Conference Presentations from 1.3 Coordinated Assessment 101: Understanding the Basics at the 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness
Developing System-Wide Prioritization and Targeting Standards
Conference Presentations from 3.3 Developing System-Wide Prioritization and Targeting Standards at the 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness
Rural Homelessness
The number of people who experience rural homelessness is unknown, but the last national count of homeless people found that 9 percent live in rural areas. The same structural factors that contribute to urban homelessness—lack of affordable housing and inadequate income—also lead to rural homelessness. One of the most important strategies in ending rural homelessness is prevention.