We work with governments, Continuums of Care, and social service providers to prevent people from becoming homeless, rehouse those who do, and train staff on key skills for homelessness response.
Overview
Nationally, homelessness and housing insecurity are on the rise as jurisdictions of all sizes face a crisis of housing affordability and availability. To ensure more people stay stably housed, jurisdictions need to prevent people from entering homelessness in the first place, better utilize existing affordable housing stock, support the creation of more units, and build a workforce that is equipped to effectively manage this growing crisis.
Local homeless response agencies and providers cannot achieve these goals alone. They must work closely with a network of local stakeholders, including those outside of direct homeless response, to make progress toward ending homelessness.
The GPL’s Homelessness & Housing team provides applied research support and technical assistance to help jurisdictions test ways to:
Reduce entries into homelessness by understanding pathways into homelessness, making prevention supports more accessible by leveraging upstream systems, and directing resources to those most in need.
Expedite connections to housing resources for people experiencing homelessness through efficient, effective, and equitable referral processes.
Invest in training and coaching for homeless response system staff to ensure they are equipped to effectively manage programs and improve resident outcomes.
Not only has the GPL expanded our capacity to address Permanent Supportive Housing utilization more effectively within our system, but they have also brought very specific skills and expertise like data analysis and communication to the work.Jacob Storck
Senior Program Manager, All Chicago Making Homelessness History
We work with governments and Continuums of Care to equip homeless response staff with more skills and tools to effectively manage programs and improve resident outcomes.
We work with governments and Continuums of Care to expedite connections to housing resources for people experiencing homelessness through efficient, effective, and equitable referral processes.
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Our Impact
We work with leaders from housing agencies, Continuums of Care, and social service providers to keep more people stably housed. Through our work, we help agencies connect people at risk of losing their homes to needed resources, make the rehousing process faster and easier to navigate, and coach and train homeless response staff on skills and tools to increase their capacity.
Not only has the GPL expanded our capacity to address Permanent Supportive Housing utilization more effectively within our system, but they have also brought very specific skills and expertise like data analysis and communication to the work.Jacob Storck
