Rapid Re-Housing Workshops

Rapid re-housing is a strategy that has proven effective in ending homelessness for many. The Alliance's Center for Capacity Building offers resources to help communities implement this effective strategy.

The Alliance provides training to communities and providers on rapid re-housing. Content is based in part on the Alliance’s publication, Rapid Re-Housing: Creating Programs That Work, and it covers the following topics:

  • The core components of rapid re-housing;
  • Service strategies, including housing location, landlord engagement, and home-based case management; and
  • Critical factors for good program design and implementation.

Online Training Modules

The Alliance has developed a series of 10 to 15 minute modules on the key elements of rapid re-housing:

The modules include powerpoint presentations narrated by a Center for Capacity Building staff member as well as activities communities can do to enhance their content knowledge. Any questions on the modules should be directed to thecenter@naeh.org.

Rapid Re-Housing Workshops

The Alliance also offers in-person Rapid Re-Housing Workshops. The workshops typically provided as a six to eight hour clinic with a mix of presentation, interactive activities, and discussion. However, they can also be presented as a half-day workshop or a more intensive two-day clinic. The workshop can be presented as part of a conference or as a standalone session. Workshops are typically delivered by one trainer from the Alliance with an audience of up to 50 people, although larger sessions are possible.

For more information about scheduling a Rapid Re-Housing Workshop in your community, please contact Kim Walker.

Spotlight

Webinar | June 19, 2013
This webinar discusses home-based case management and voluntary services as part of rapid re-housing programs, and how to prepare staff for this role. It was originally held for participants in the Virginia Learning Collaboratives. It features Vera Beech from Community Rebuilders in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Kimberly Tucker from Flagler House in Richmond, VA, and was moderated by Kay Moshier McDivitt from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Other | May 20, 2013
This game is a simulation of rapid re-housing. The simulation is designed to mimic the rapid re-housing and housing stabilization process. It has two major parts, simulating the process of helping somebody get into housing and simulating a housing stabilization plan.
Toolkits | December 5, 2012
This is the final of five short modules the Center for Capacity Building has developed on rapid re-housing. Each of these modules succinctly shares best practices from successful rapid re-housing programs and breaks down the basic elements of each approach. This module reviews data and research on rapid re-housing, suggested outcomes, and examples from various communities that have implemented rapid re-housing.  
Toolkits | November 7, 2012
This is the fourth of five short modules the Center for Capacity Building has developed on rapid re-housing. This module covers how and where to provide supportive services as part of a rapid re-housing approach.
Toolkits | July 30, 2012
This is the third of five short modules the Center for Capacity Building has developed on rapid re-housing. This module covers how rapid re-housing programs can structure and fund rental subsidies for maximum effectiveness.
Toolkits | June 29, 2012
This is the second of five short modules the Center for Capacity Building has developed on rapid re-housing.
Toolkits | May 16, 2012
This is the first of five 10-15 minute modules the Center for Capacity Building has developed on rapid re-housing. It discusses how to define rapid re-housing and how to develop a permanent housing barriers assessment process.
Toolkits | July 29, 2009
The Alliance has published this guide to help organizations develop Rapid Re-Housing programs.

Library Resources

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Webinar | September 6, 2011
The week of August 29, 2011, the Alliance concluded a two-part series of webinars on rapid re-housing. Information from the two-part series is available here.
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Other | September 17, 2009
Congress allocated $25 million for a Rapid Re-Housing Demonstration to serve homeless families. The experience of the 23 communities that received grants awards under the Demonstration can be an important resource for communities developing Rapid Re-Housing programs to serve families using HPRP or other funding resources. This resource collects information about what the Demonstration grantees are doing.