To effectively respond to homelessness, communities should be able to help residents maintain or regain housing without having to enter emergency shelter. Diversion is a strategy that helps people experiencing a housing crisis quickly identify and access safe alternatives to […]
Category: Crisis Response System
Webinar: Low-Barrier Shelter: How to Become Pet Friendly
This 60-minute webinar delves into the operations and practices of shelters that are accessible to people and their animals. Alliance staff and a shelter provider discuss how to shift philosophy and operations to welcome animal owners and a more vulnerable population […]
Key Takeaways from #NAEH2018
Thanks once again to everyone who came to the National Conference on Ending Homelessness, and to the many more who followed the action on Twitter or watched speeches on Facebook Live. Here are my key takeaways: People working to end […]
Webinar: Keys to Effective Emergency Shelter: Using Your Data to Evaluate and Improve Performance
This 90-minute webinar focuses on using your data to create changes in your program design. Experts describe which metrics are most important and how to use them to evaluate whether your shelter is effective in its role in ending homelessness […]
Emergency Shelters Are Serving an Increasingly Vulnerable Population
Emergency shelters play a critical role in a community’s homelessness response system: they provide an immediate place to stay while people reconnect with housing. Shelters work best when people can enter and exit rapidly, with an appropriate level of services […]