Continuum of Care News

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been stressing the importance of using data to inform local decision making and to make changes to local systems of care. However, to understand the full scope of what is going on in each community we need to use traditional Continuum of Care (CoC) data in concert with other homeless data sources. People experiencing homelessness often touch several public systems and a subset continuously cycle through a variety of costly emergency interventions (i.e. shelters, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, arrests, etc.). These different systems often lack effective methods for identifying persons who are homeless and connecting them to the most appropriate services and housing. Integrating data across these sectors helps target and coordinate care for vulnerable populations and allows communities to better track outcomes to answer key policy questions and inform practice. As you look at these broader data sources, ...

The State of Homelessness in America sheds light on the homeless population, the homeless system's response, and what's changing over time. On any given night, more than 550,000 Americans are without a home. The Alliance's State of Homelessness in America report sheds light on the population experiencing homelessness, the homeless system's response, and how both are changing over time. What the interactive report finds:   While the vast majority of people experiencing homelessness live in some form of shelter or transitional housing, 34 percent live "unsheltered" in a place not meant for human habitation. Individuals comprise 67 percent of the homeless population and people in families make up the remaining 33 percent. ...

HUD is now posting the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Deadline Compliance Status Reports. These monthly reports assist grantees and HUD Field Offices in monitoring compliance with the 2-year commitment requirement of the HTF statute and the 5-year expenditure requirement of the HTF regulations. The current report is now posted on the HUD Exchange at the link below. You may also access it from the Housing Trust Fund Page under "HTF Program Reports." HTF Monthly Report as of 10/1/2018 Now Available: HTF Deadline Compliance Status Reports             ...

In this Newsletter Save the Date for CSH Summit 2019 Streamlining Supportive Housing PFS Improving Healthcare Delivery Aligning Housing and Health Healthcare Learning Collaboratives 2019 Indiana Supportive Housing Institute Community Response Resources Ensuring Safe Housing for Survivors MSW Students Gain First-Hand Experience Vote for Avalon Housing Effectively Managing Housing with Services Click here for Our Newest Job Postings Read  where CSH is Making News ...

Join us for our October SOARing Over Lunch Call! Reminder: SOARing Over Lunch Call! Tuesday, October 9, 2018 1:00 p.m. ET Our next SOARing Over Lunch call is scheduled for Tuesday, October 9, at 1:00 p.m. ET. Please join us for this informal call aimed at peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and facilitated open discussion. While there is no agenda set in advance for these calls, we do want your ideas! Please e-mail us at soar@prainc.com to submit any questions and/or topics that you would like discussed on this call. Call-in/log-in information: http://prainc.adobeconnect.com/soaringoverlunch/ Conference Phone: 1-866-805-9853 Conference Code:  3195472964 Please note that all phone lines will be muted; attendees will hear the presenters speaking and can submit qu...