Street Outreach: First Contact and Establishing Trust

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Do you work in street outreach to people experiencing homelessness? Check out advice from outreach professional Henry Myer of Preble Street in Portland, Maine, about approaching someone you haven’t spoken with before, managing that first contact, and establishing trust with them.

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Feb 27, 2024

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Nicole DuBois

New Federal Funding Boosts Unsheltered Homelessness Response

Unsheltered homelessness rose to an estimated 256,610 people on one night in January 2023, up 9.7 percent from the prior year. This continued a trend of increases that began in 2016 and has occurred every year since.

How Much Would It Cost to Provide Housing First to All Households Staying in Homeless Shelters?

We conservatively estimate that an additional $9.6 billion would be needed to achieve this goal: providing Rapid Re-Housing or Permanent Supportive Housing to everyone in a homeless shelter unable to access housing in a single year.

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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