Pressure (n) 1a: the burden of physical or mental distress 1b: the constraint of circumstance: the weight of social or economic imposition 2: the application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it If you were to survey the […]
Category: System Design
Pressure Points Resource Series
The Pressure Points resource series is intended to highlight key, continuously evolving strategies and practices for ending homelessness, and provide guidance and clarity to help communities execute them more effectively.
Housing First
What is Housing First? Housing First is a homeless assistance approach that prioritizes providing permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness, thus ending their homelessness and serving as a platform from which they can pursue personal goals and improve their quality […]
Making Lived Experience Count in Your NOFO Application
This post is authored by LaRae Cantley, Social Justice Activist. HUD’s 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is an opportunity to radically advance systems change. Specifically, we have the opportunity to collaboratively and collectively […]
Analyzing Racial Disparities in the Homelessness System: We Need to Get Moving. The NOFO Tells Us How
The Alliance applauds its federal partners at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) for prioritizing racial equity in this year’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Continuums of Care (CoCs) are incentivized to assess their homelessness programs and […]