Street Outreach serves a critical role in the homeless response system, often reaching people who aren’t accessing services in any other way. Incorporating a housing focus into street outreach programs improves outcomes for persons experiencing unsheltered homelessness by eliminating the need to first enter emergency shelter, and instead directly connecting them to safe, stable, permanent housing. Implementing housing-focused street outreach requires a shift from the historical practices of outreach that have focused primarily on addressing basic needs and connection to shelter through light touch services to a more trauma-informed and service intensive model that includes housing navigation.
This webinar series provides an overview of the basics of housing-focused street outreach, highlights communities that are effectively addressing unsheltered homelessness using housing-focused street outreach models and provides clear guidance for shifting the focus of outreach to housing both on the ground and at the system level.
Objectives
- Understand the fundamentals of housing-focused street outreach
- Increase knowledge of the benefits of shifting to housing-focused street outreach
- Understand how other communities are implementing housing-focused street outreach
Audience
This webinar series is intended for Continuum of Care (CoC), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Special Notice of Funding Opportunity to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (SNOFO) grant recipients.
Schedule and Registration
| Webinar Title | Date and Time | Registration |
| Building Blocks | April 9, 2024 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT | Materials Coming Soon |
| System Support for Housing-Focused Street Outreach | May 16, 2024 3:30 – 5:00 PM EDT | Register Now |
| Your Questions Answered | June 6, 2024 12:00 – 1:30 PM EDT | Save the Date |
You must have a HUD Exchange account to register. Follow these instructions for registering.
Contact
Housing-Focused Street Outreach Webinar Series Register | dusty_olsen@abtassoc.com