This 90-minute webinar addresses rules and safety issues for low-barrier shelters that serve single adults. Participants will learn how to re-examine and shift rules to expectations that promote safety. Additional Resources: Download slides Blog post: Changing Punitive Shelter Rules to […]
Content Type: Toolkits and Training Materials
Webinar: Safely Serving Families and Survivors of Domestic Violence
This webinar focuses on shelters that serve families and survivors of domestic violence and discusses how to retool your shelter’s rules, expectations, and policies and procedures in a low-barrier environment that prioritizes safety for participants and staff. Additional Resources: Download […]
Homeless System Evaluator Tool
The Center for Capacity Building developed a Homeless System Evaluator Tool. This tool is designed to help communities determine how well they are preventing and ending homelessness based on data from their system.
Webinar: How to Transition Your Emergency Shelter to a Low-Barrier and Housing-Focused Shelter Model
This 90-minute webinar features leaders from three emergency shelters who have made the shift to low-barrier, housing-focused emergency shelter. Panelist address common questions and concerns regarding low barrier shelter. Additional Resources: Download slides 10 Steps to Evaluating Your Shelter Rules
Rapid Re-Housing for Youth Toolkit
Providers around the country are finding that rapid re-housing can be an effective intervention to help young people experiencing homelessness. These providers are using the same core components of rapid re-housing as adult rapid re-housing providers: housing identification, rent and move-in assistance, […]