Resource Best Practice: Housing First
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Data Snapshot: Reductions in Transitional Housing Do Not Cause Increases in Unsheltered Homelessness
Most States Reduced Unsheltered Homelessness While Also Reducing Transitional Housing Beds…
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Funding for Youth Rapid Re-Housing Has Grown 20x Since 2014
Thanks to the leadership of innovative youth RRH providers and the advocacy of young people themselves, communities are embracing Housing First and rapid re-housing (RRH) to end youth…
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Crossroads Rhode Island: Transitioning to a Low-Barrier Shelter That Focuses on Rapid Exits to Permanent Housing
The nation is currently facing one of the most severe affordable housing crises in history. Not surprisingly, those living in poverty …
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How to Get Your Board Ready for the Shift to Low-Barrier, Housing-Focused Shelter
Making the shift to Housing First, low-barrier, and housing-focused shelter practices can be both exciting and scary, especially for your Board of Directors.
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Ending Veteran Homelessness on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
In 2014, veteran homelessness in Mississippi’s Gulfport/Gulf Coast Regional Continuum of Care (CoC) seemed intractable. Affording the basics in the CoC’s six counties (Harrison, Hancock,…
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Creating Systems and Culture Change around Rapid Re-Housing
This brief provides guidance for communities interested or currently engaged in efforts to expand rapid re-housing. It examines strategies communities who have transformed their…
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Organizational Change: Adopting a Housing First Approach
This document outlines the key strategies of a Housing First approach – it can help organizations that are planning to use HPRP resources to shift their organization’s approach toward a Housing First model.