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Winter Planning Resources

‌ ‌ November 02, 2020 Trauma-Informed Care + Affordable Housing = Housing Stability HUD Releases Winter Planning Resources For Communities These resources from our partners at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are designed to help communities implement safe and effective approaches to winter shelter planning during COVID-19. Winter Planning Guide Overview: Meeting Winter Shelter Needs and Mitigating Health Risks helps communities engage critical partners, project winter sheltering capacity needs, create a Winter Emergency Plan to meet escalating levels of shelter demand and consider alternative approaches to winter sheltering, and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in winter shelter facilities. How to Complete the Winter Emergency Plan Planning Guide and Template guides communities through identifying resources needed to effectively respond to three levels of escalating winter sheltering needs. Alternative Approaches to Winter Sheltering During COVID-19 provides a graduated approach to sheltering from life-threatening temperatures and regular seasonal weather. Winter Response Activation and Communications Planning Guide and Template provides a set of key decision points to help communities define what triggers a winter emergency response and how weather alerts are communicated to key stakeholders. COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist for Shelter Facilities provides a series of checklists designed to help providers implement strategies for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in winter facilities. Start Planning Additional Resources New guidance on facility ventilation is now available in the Center for Disease Control's Interim Guidance for Homeless Service Providers to Plan and Respond to COVID-19. Remember to check the USICH COVID-19 resource page for updates. And read our new Federal Strategic Plan to end homelessness “Expanding the Toolbox: The Whole-of-Government Response to Homelessness”. Website Goals Solutions Tools For Action U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness 301 7th St. SW, Washington, DC 20407 Phone: 202.708.4663 / E-mail: usich@usich.gov ‌ ‌

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