The SYSTEM (Strengthening Your System to Energize Momentum) Series is designed to help communities more effectively end homelessness by providing tools to help communities: Identify areas where they can make the most meaningful improvements to their systems; Continuously execute on […]
Category: System Design
Why AB 799 Would Transform California’s Homelessness Response
At the California State Capitol in Sacramento, there are a number of buzzwords in every conversation around homelessness, and the one that keeps rising to the top: “accountability.’’ But few seem to share a definition of what accountability means and […]
Keeping Up the Momentum: System Improvement as a Year-Round Process
Written by Kay Moshier McDivitt and Josh Johnson Just thinking about the yearly Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) process can create feelings of anxiety, stress, and dread amongst homeless service providers and Continuum of Care (CoC) leads. For many of […]
It’s Time to Elevate and Learn from BIPOC Leaders: Advancing Equity, Celebrating Black History Month
At the Alliance, racial equity and justice are key to our values, mission, and goals. But it is a reoccurring moment like this that reinforces the need for us to name, call out, and address systemic racism and the inequities […]
What Can (and Can’t) Local Government Do to Address Homelessness?
More and more, local governments like cities, towns, and counties are finding themselves at the forefront of the homelessness crisis. Who do you call when you need a pothole fixed, or to report a downed tree branch? Local government. Similarly, […]