Past Events
10/15
[Webinar Series] Researching an End to Homelessness: Election Year Policy Ideas (International Perspectives)
Homelessness exists in countries around the world, and nations benefit when we share information with one another. In recent years, Finland’s the Y-Foundation and the U.K.’s Centre for Homeless Impact both solicited research-based policy ideas from a collection of international […]
10/15
Effective Diversion: A Key Strategy for Ending Homelessness
Diversion assists people who have just lost their housing and are seeking emergency shelter or facing unsheltered homelessness by having problem-solving conversations to understand what precipitated their housing crisis and their own plan to avoid homelessness. Effective diversion has never […]
9/22
Guidance on Registering Clients to Vote and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Efforts for Homeless Providers
As voter registration deadlines across the country rapidly approach, there is still time to make sure that every member of our communities has a chance to voice their concerns about the issues and policies that impact their lives by voting. […]
9/16
A Conversation About the Equal Access Rule and Why It Matters
The Alliance is hosting a national conversation about the Equal Access Rule and the Administration’s proposal to end it. Panel participants will share their experience working to create safe and affirming spaces for transgender adults in homeless service programs. The […]
10/22
[Webinar Series] Researching an End to Homelessness: Election Year Policy Ideas (The Affordable Housing Crisis)
The nation simply cannot end homelessness without solving its housing affordability problem. Researchers at Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies help the nation understand the crisis by regularly tracking housing markets, unit availability, and rental cost burdens on low-income people. […]
10/8
[Webinar Series] Researching an End to Homelessness: Election Year Policy Ideas (College Students and Youth)
The Hope Center, founded by Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab, has been at the forefront of exploring the homelessness- and hunger-related hardships of the nation’s college students. And researchers at Chapin Hall have long been exploring the challenges of homeless unaccompanied youth. […]
9/24
[Webinar Series] Researching an End to Homelessness: Election Year Policy Ideas (A Deep Dive: Homeless Services and Housing)
Informed by extensive careers in homelessness research, Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri recently published In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It. The book represents an exhaustive review of existing research on homelessness—why it exists and […]
9/10
[Webinar Series] Researching an End to Homelessness: Election Year Policy Ideas (The Grand Challenge to End Homelessness: A Broad View of the Challenges and Solutions)
An association of social work researchers recently published Social Work’s Grand Challenge to End Homelessness: Policy Proposals for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. This collection of essays tackles a broad range of topics—housing strategies, youth, older adults, racial equity, social […]
9/2
How are Providers Coping with COVID-19 and the Recession: Recent Alliance Surveys and Interviews
COVID-19 and the current economic crisis are testing homeless services systems in unprecedented ways. To better understand how providers are managing the current crisis, the Alliance and a collection of research partners initiated a series of community surveys and interviews with […]
9/14 - 10/18
Online Course: Advancing the Role of Emergency Shelter in Ending Homelessness
The five-part “Advancing the Role of Emergency Shelter in Ending Homelessness” series is designed for emergency shelter providers and Continuum of Care stakeholders. The series will include live webcasts every Thursday by Alliance staff and emergency shelter providers who have […]