Resource Type: Toolkits and Training
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Critical Time Intervention for Rapid Re-Housing
Critical Time Intervention for Rapid Re-Housing (CTI-RRH) is a time-limited evidence-based practice that mobilizes support for vulnerable individuals during periods of transition.
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Racial Equity and Emergency Shelter: Access and Outcomes
Emergency shelter is a critical component of the homeless services system. Shelters allow people experiencing homelessness to access immediate needs like sleep, food, medical care, and safety.
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Diversion
Diversion is an intervention designed to immediately address the needs of someone who has just lost their housing and become homeless.
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Racial Equity & Coordinated Entry: Where Can Disparities Happen in the Process?
Coordinated entry is a mechanism to shift homeless systems’ response methods from project-centric to person-centric, and based on community-level standards for referrals and program entry.
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How to Effectively Work with Federal, State, and Local Leaders
Regular engagement with elected officials is critical to any community’s efforts to end homelessness.
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Federal Budgeting 101: Why Advocates Matter
Every year, the Alliance and its partners work to educate Congress on increasing federal funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants.
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Keeping People and Pets Together
In communities around the United States, a significant number of people experiencing homelessness own pets.
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The Alliance’s Racial Equity Network Action Steps
The Alliance’s Racial Equity Network (REN) has developed action steps that communities may find useful if they find racial or ethnic disparities in their homelessness system.
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The Alliance’s Racial Equity Network Toolkit
In 2018, the Alliance formed a Racial Equity Network (REN) of local and state systems and program leaders and advocates to inspire more engagement about best practices, data collection, and action steps at the systems level.
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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.