This sequence of three courses (through the Alliance’s Center for Learning) covers strategies for outreach workers to fuel connections, building a system level strategy, and creating partnerships with the business community around outreach. Courses are also available individually. Low enrollment […]
Category: Unsheltered
The Alliance’s Unsheltered blog series, explores trends, data, and interventions related to unsheltered homelessness.
Data Snapshot: Non-Cisgender Homeless Individuals Face Higher Risk of Being Unsheltered
Federal homelessness data shows that transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning people experience unsheltered homelessness at dramatically higher rates than their cisgender peers (people who identify with the gender assigned them at birth). These rates are likely even higher for Black, […]
National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on the Killing of Jordan Neely
The Alliance demands justice for Jordan Neely, and it calls for the following actions: For Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Police Department to immediately arrest Daniel Penny, who was recorded choking Mr. Neely to death in front […]
New Funding Opens Opportunities to Address Unsheltered Homelessness Crisis
To address these concerns, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released $486 million to address rural and unsheltered homelessness. Most funding ($420 million) was allocated towards unsheltered homelessness. These new grants represent a historic investment with […]
How Climate Change Impacts Homelessness
Without immediate action to mitigate the impacts of climate change, more displacement, increased harm, and loss of life will disproportionately impact marginalized communities, communities of color, and people living in poverty – and will therefore result in increased homelessness. Climate […]