This post is written by staff of the Oakland-Berkeley-Alameda County, California Continuum of Care (CA-502). Between 2017 and 2019, homelessness increased by 43 percent in Alameda County, California and unsheltered homelessness grew by 63 percent. The upsurge in homelessness is […]
Category: Continuum of Care
The Racial Equity Dialogue Series: Starting the Conversation About Racism in the North Carolina Balance of State CoC
This blog post is authored by staff at the North Carolina Balance of State Continuum of Care. A Call to Action In response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, North Carolina Balance of State Continuum of Care […]
Guidance on Registering Clients to Vote and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Efforts for Homeless Providers (webinar)
The National Alliance to End Homelessness, the Fair Elections Center, and the Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy Program hosted a webinar for providers to discover ways to quickly and effectively ramp up voter registration efforts, understand how to legally and […]
Getting the Most Vulnerable Housed During COVID-19: Opportunities Through Mainstream Vouchers
People experiencing homelessness are uniquely at severe risk for contracting COVID-19, given the prevalence of risk factors in homeless populations. First, they have higher rates of chronic health care needs with limited access to health care. Second, people experiencing homelessness […]
How are Providers Coping with COVID-19 and the Recession? Recent Alliance Surveys and Interviews (webinar)
COVID-19 and the current economic crisis are testing homeless services systems in unprecedented ways. To better understand how providers are managing the current crisis, the Alliance and a collection of research partners initiated a series of community surveys and interviews […]