Resource Key Issue: Workforce
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Increasingly Unsustainable: Unpartnered Homeless Services Workers Struggle to Make Ends Meet
The homeless services sector is significantly defined by low pay and high turnover. Recent data analysis by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance) illustrated that most employees aren’t able to afford their own housing given their current salaries.
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Race-ing to Thrive: Homeless Service Workforce Survey Reveals Low Salaries (and Other Challenges) More Greatly Impact People of Color
Pressures on the homeless services workforce are widespread. The Alliance’s 2023 survey of the field shed further light on employees navigating challenging environments marked by understaffing and high turnover, feelings of being overworked, and personal sacrifices significantly tied to low salaries and financial hardship.
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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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Working with Unsheltered People: Findings from the Alliance’s Workforce Survey
During the summer of 2023, the Alliance surveyed the nation’s homeless services workforce. The online questions were answered by 5,044 people in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The…
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Life-Saving Homeless Service Workers Struggle for a Living Wage
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How Burnout and Turnover Hinder Efforts to End Homelessness
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Working in Homeless Services: A Survey of the Field
The homeless services workforce is on the frontlines of one of the most urgent crises in the nation. Their daily efforts are essential to healthy…
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Surveying Local Homeless Service Providers (Part 2): Responses from July 2020
This installment of community surveys reflects the findings of a second online survey of CoC leaders, and notes systems’ progress in areas such as access to personal protective equipment…