Resource Best Practice: Coordinated Entry
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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.
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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.
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Recommendations for Effective Implementation of the HEARTH Act Continuum of Care Regulations
The purpose of this document is to help Continuums take advantage of opportunities in the interim Continuum of Care regulations to further the use of national best practices in their communities. The Alliance’s recommendations focus on coordinated assessment, transitional housing, rapid re-housing, and governance and performance measurement. This brief also contains many links to other…
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Incorporating DV Providers into Coordinated Assessment
This document is a checklist that Continuums of Care can use to use to ensure they are considering and incorporating the needs of households
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Coordinated Entry Evaluation Tool
Communities can use this tool as a quick way to assess how well their coordinated entry system is functioning.