Resource Best Practice: Supportive Services
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Increased Investments in Ending Veteran Homelessness Are Paying Off
Since 2010, the United States has cut veteran homelessness almost in half, providing a model for ending homelessness for all groups nationwide. Three components were critical to this decline:..
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How California is Using TANF to End Homelessness
The State of California recognizes that housing is a key component of families’ health, economic and social well-being. In order to meet this need, the state is using a rapid re-…
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Opioid Abuse and Homelessness
The issue of opioid abuse has risen to a level of national crisis as the number of people abusing prescription drugs and heroin has dramatically risen, and the rate of opioid-related overdose deaths has tripled since 2000.2 In 2014, an estimated 2.5 million people had opioid-use disorders (OUD) involving prescription drug or heroin abuse, and…
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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…
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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
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Ramping Up Rapid Re-Housing: Supportive Service for Veteran Families Program
This brief on the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program is one in a series that is intended to provide community leaders and rapid re-housing providers with information on how they can use different federal programs to fund rapid re-housing. Each brief contains information on the funding source, ways it can be used to support…
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Rapid Re-Housing: A History and Core Components
This resource provides a brief overview of the history and effectiveness of rapid re-housing and provides context for the Alliance’s “Core Components of Rapid Re-Housing” resource, which the Alliance developed in collaboration with the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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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.