Alliance Online News: Rural CoC Critical Success Factors

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Newsletters | 16 Mar 2010

Author: National Alliance to End Homelessness

March 16, 2010    

    POLICY  |  DATA + RESEARCH  |  TOOL + TRAINING  |  NEWS + MEDIA Forward Editor: Amanda Krusemark    
   
 
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New Paper Examines Success Factors for Rural CoCs

Today, the Center for Capacity Building at the Alliance released Critical Success Factors in High Performing Rural Continuums of Care. This paper examines five core strategies used in four rural communities to make strides toward ending homelessness, implementing their Ten Year Plans, and meeting the housing and service needs of homeless families and individuals. This paper will launch a webinar and workshop series that will take place over the next several months and be led by the Center for Capacity Building. The series will examine rural Continuums that have been effective in reducing homelessness and overcoming the unique challenges presented by their geographic location. Please watch Alliance Online News over the coming weeks for more information on the upcoming webinars and workshops.

Critical Success Factors in High Performing Rural Continuums of Care


 

 


Yesterday, the Alliance released a best practice brief on Home Free, a program in Portland, OR that serves domestic violence survivors. This best practice document is the first in a series of best practices focusing on the use of a rapid re-housing model to serve survivors of domestic violence. Home Free currently provides rapid re-housing services to 80-100 families every year. Home Free's Housing First program was developed in 2003 when it closed its emergency shelter and moved to a community-based services and housing model. Home Free provides a variety of services within the community, including negotiation assistance with landlords and housing authorities, support groups for parenting and domestic violence, and direct services to children. By providing voluntary services to their households, Home Free has found that participants remain more actively engaged in those services, particularly ones pertinent to their personal goals. Approximately 97 percent of households in their program obtain housing, with about 86 percent of these households remaining stably housed one year after ending services. Additionally, Home Free was able to access Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program funds. Home Free serves as the funnel for those funds into the local domestic violence system.


Webinar on Building a Rapid Re-Housing System

This Thursday, March 18 at 3:30 p.m. ET, the Alliance will host a webinar on the rapid re-housing system in Trenton/Mercer County, NJ. The webinar will include an overview of Trenton/Mercer County's vision for ending homelessness, the strategies they developed to reduce homelessness, and how they are using both Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) funds and other funding streams to create a comprehensive Housing First system. The speakers will present information about building political will to convert to a rapid re-housing system, performing targeting and assessment, and leveraging TANF resources to serve homeless families. Speakers will include Herb Levine and Rebecca Rhoads of the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness and Sue Ruckman of the Mercer County Board of Social Services.
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blog post on the Federal Strategic Plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) website. Consumers, advocates, providers, and government representatives are invited to join the discussion on the USICH Online Public Forum.

 
 
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