Content Type: Publications

Next Generation Assessment Tools Series

The Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT) has long been a key tool in communities’ assessments of how to prioritize service delivery for people experiencing homelessness. Communities are shifting towards other tools, as the VI-SPDAT is now being phased […]

How Providers Can Boost Voter Engagement

Providers are allowed to engage in voter registration and get out the vote efforts, so long as these activities are done in a non-partisan way that doesn’t favor a particular candidate or political party. In fact, it’s encouraged – organizations […]

Improving Assistance to LGBTQ+ Individuals

There has been a sharp increase in the number of LGBTQ individuals personally experiencing discrimination across the United States, according to a recent report from GLAAD – 24 percent over a two-year period. There have also been legislative efforts to […]

How CoCs Can Engage Local Leaders on Affordable Housing

With the recent release of the 2022 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has established nine policy priorities for local CoCs to help guide their efforts […]