Resource Audience: Front Line Staff

  • Creating Systems That Work

    Creating Systems That Work

    To address homelessness, communities should take a coordinated approach, moving from a collection of individual programs to a community-wide response that is strategic and data driven. Communities that have adopted this approach use data about the needs of those experiencing homelessness to inform how they allocate resources, services, and programs.

  • Rapid Re-Housing

    Rapid Re-Housing

    Rapid re-housing provides short-term rental assistance and services. The goals are to help people obtain housing quickly, increase self- sufficiency, and stay housed.

  • Crisis Response

    Crisis Response

    The goals of an effective crisis response system are to identify those experiencing homelessness, prevent homelessness when possible, connect people with housing quickly and provide services when needed.

  • Ending Homelessness for Unaccompanied Minor Youth

    Ending Homelessness for Unaccompanied Minor Youth

    This paper examines the necessary elements of a comprehensive response to youth homelessness that is based on the expertise shared by nonprofit providers with years of…

  • Ending Homelessness for Unaccompanied Youth Age 18-24

    Ending Homelessness for Unaccompanied Youth Age 18-24

    Each year, around 150,000 unaccompanied older youth experience homelessness. These youth have a broad range of needs but there is no comprehensive system to prevent their…

  • Medicaid Crosswalk of Services Template

    Medicaid Crosswalk of Services Template

    This resource, developed by consultant Carol Wilkins, is meant to help service providers and other stakeholders compare services delivered in supportive housing

  • Rapid Re-Housing Shared Housing Agreement Form

    Rapid Re-Housing Shared Housing Agreement Form

    This sample form, shared with the permission of Northern Virginia Family Service, is a sample agreement between a tenant and landlord in the case of a shared housing arrangement.

  • Rapid Re-Housing Housemate Upsides and Downsides

    Rapid Re-Housing Housemate Upsides and Downsides

    This tool, developed by Advocates for Human Potential, Inc, can be used to help clients in considering if having a housemate would be a good option from them.

  • Core Components of Rapid Re-Housing

    Core Components of Rapid Re-Housing

    This resource identifies the core components of Rapid Re-housing. The Alliance developed it in collaboration with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

  • Overcoming Employment Barriers

    Overcoming Employment Barriers

    Although research consistently shows that people experiencing homelessness want to work, they often face a variety of barriers to achieving this goal.