written by Guest blogger, Phil Ansell, Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative Mainstream government systems are fundamental to combating homelessness; yet, homeless service providers often struggle to effectively engage mainstream health, social services, and criminal justice systems. Mainstream systems are key […]
Category: Rapid Re-Housing
Rapid Re-Housing Landlord Benefits Checklist
This checklist is a tool to advertise your program to potential landlords. The benefits listed are just examples of services provided by housing search agencies based on interviews with providers around the country. Be sure to modify the list so […]
Rapid Re-Housing and Progressive Engagement in Sacramento, CA
Geoffrey M. Ross, Assistant Director of Development and Federal Programs for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency discusses how progressive engagement works within rapid re-housing.
Rapidly Re-Housing Families in Phoenix
On September 27 Chela Schuster, Director of Strategic Housing Resources with UMOM Days Centers in Phoenix, AZ, discussed how they have successfully implemented rapid re-housing for vulnerable families in their community. Read UMOM’s Policy Brief on Rapid Re-Housing
How State Departments of Veterans Affairs Can Help End Homelessness
As a nation, we are moving in the right direction when it comes to ending homelessness among veterans. A few states have met the federal benchmarks and criteria established to support this achievable goal, but there is much work to […]