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Work Groups

Under the guidance of the Leadership Team, local nonprofit leaders, service providers, and subject matter experts will collaborate in three work groups: Safety Net Services, Emergency Shelter and Services, and Housing Solutions.​


The strategic focus of of the Safety Net Services Work Group is to decrease inflow into homelessness by strengthening diversion efforts and ensuring that individuals receive necessary services while they work toward secure, stable housing.

The Emergency Shelter and Services Work Group concentrates on the practical infrastructure and policies needed to sustain shelter capacity, including determining shelter bed counts, selecting service providers, outlining day and emergency shelter locations and services, developing an extreme weather policy adopted by local government, and creating a funding plan for the shelter system.
 

The Housing Solutions Work Group shifts the focus to ending homelessness by expanding permanent housing opportunities, particularly for those with the greatest needs. It seeks to determine the number of permanent supportive housing (PSH) units needed annually to end chronic homelessness, identify funding sources for unit development, calculate the total cost of required support services, and plan housing development for households at 0-50% of area median income (AMI).

Together, these groups coordinate prevention, immediate shelter, and long-term housing development to create a comprehensive path out of homelessness.

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Safety Net Services

Goal of the Work Group

  • Strength and expand support systems that prevent individuals and families from falling into homelessness

  • Coordinate with diversion efforts

  • Provide necessary services to people while they are experiencing homelessness and are working toward housing

Responsibilities

  • Define role in the response system

  • Identify collaboration opportunities and reduce duplication

  • Prioritize Housing First principles

  • Research best practices and collect relevant data

  • Develop operational budgets

  • Advocate and educate the public on key issues

Questions to consider

  • Where do people most commonly fall through the cracks?

  • Which services are hardest to access for people experiencing homelessness?

  • Are there coordination challenges between systems that make it easier for people to fall back into homelessness (health, legal, benefits, etc.)?
     

Safety Net Services
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Emergency Shelter
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Goal of the Work Group

  • Ascertain number of beds our community will need for year-round shelter

  • Determine service provider(s) for shelter services

  • Determine location and scope of services for day shelter and emergency shelter

  • Develop an extreme weather policy that is adopted by the city and county to help support

  • Create funding plan for shelter system

Responsibilities

  • Define role in the response system

  • Identify collaboration opportunities and reduce duplication

  • Prioritize Housing First principles

  • Research best practices and collect relevant data

  • Develop operational budgets

  • Advocate and educate the public on key issues

Questions to consider

  • What system gaps are preventing people from accessing or exiting shelter effectively?

  • How can we strengthen coordination between shelters, outreach, and housing services?

  • What changes (policy, funding, training, design) would improve shelter outcomes?

  • What services need to be included in an effective Day Shelter program that is focused on helping people exit homelessness?
     

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Housing Solutions

Goal of the Work Group

  • Ascertain the number of PSH units needed each year to get to zero chronic

  • Determine how many units we’ll need each year to end chronic homelessness

  • Explore funding sources needed to develop more units

  • Establish support services funding

  • Focus on housing development for 0-50% AMI

Responsibilities

  • Define role in the response system

  • Identify collaboration opportunities and reduce duplication

  • Research best practices and collect relevant data

  • Develop operational budgets

  • Advocate and educate the public on key issues

Questions to consider

  • What are the biggest barriers to creating or accessing deeply affordable housing locally?

  • How can we increase housing opportunities for people with complex needs?

  • What incentives, partnerships, or policy changes could engage landlords and developers?

  • What models of housing (e.g., PSH, RRH, shared housing) are most scalable here?

  • How can we align funding streams to expand and sustain housing interventions?

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