Resource Type: Webinars
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Effective Street Outreach: From Unsheltered to Housed
With unsheltered homelessness rising nationwide, communities are actively streamlining outreach efforts at the systemic level. This includes integrating outreach seamlessly into Coordinated Entry (CE) and facilitating swift housing referrals
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Elevating the Needs of the Homeless Services Workforce: Findings from Recent Nationwide Surveys
Human services workers across multiple sectors have been yelling from the rooftops that their professions are in distress. The homeless services workforce is adding to the chorus. T
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Promoting Equity, Lived Experience, Housing First, and System Performance: What Matters in the 2023 NOFO
The FY 2023 CoC Program Competition has arrived. In this webinar, Alliance team members Mary Frances Kenion, Josh Johnson, Kay Moshier McDivitt, and Marcy Thompson share information about changes, priorities, guidance on crafting a competitive application
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Calculating Change: The Continuing Conversation on Homelessness Data Reform
Over the last year, the Alliance reached out to people in the homelessness field to gather ideas for data reform. The result was a recent report: “Calculating Change: Future Directions for Homelessness Data Use and Reporting.”
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2023 State of homelessness report: Homelessness trends in the United States
The Alliance’s annual State of Homelessness Report leverages both to analyze trends in homelessness across the United States. It provides systems, providers, advocates, policymakers, and others with information to help shape their work (for example, calculations of bed utilization and unmet need). Please join us for our webinar in which we will share our findings…
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Authentic Engagement: Lifting the Voices of Older Adults to Observe Older Americans Month
Every May, the Administration for Community Living leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month (OAM). The 2023 theme is Aging Unbound, which offers an opportunity to explore diverse aging experiences. Join us as our panel discusses the importance of lifting the voices of older adults and creating authentic engagement.
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The 2022 CoC Program Competition Prioritizes Racial Equity and LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination: How to Get Started
In this year’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), CoCs are incentivized to assess their systems and programs for racial disparities, develop strategies to address equity, and improve LGBTQ+ outcomes.
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Funding Opportunities: Learn More About HUD’s Special NOFO to Address Rural Homelessness and New Stability Housing Voucher Program
Learn about an unprecedented opportunity to address rural homelessness through two funding pools offered by HUD. Local rural housing organizations can work with Continuums of Care (CoCs) and public housing agencies (PHAs) to provide emergency shelter
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Understanding the Special NOFO to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness
HUD’s newly-announced supplemental NOFO is making $322 million available for communities to address both unsheltered and rural homelessness. This funding provides an opportunity for CoCs to identify strategic approaches to reducing and eventually ending unsheltered homelessness in their communities.
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Contributing to How Race and Gender are Defined Within Homelessness
At the end of October, HUD announced proposed changes to the race, ethnicity, and gender identity data elements within the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).