Friday, March 16, 2018

Homeless Response System Online Learning Clinic 2018 – Part II: The Need for a Homeless Response System

Around the same time, the Federal Government realized that it was not enough to build and fund these housing programs. Policy makers realized that just having the resources available to help those experiencing homelessness would not suffice. Like every product, commodity or service, without a delivery system, communities could not deal with their challenges. This was especially true given the scarcity of the resource they were trying to deliver, housing for the homeless.
 
This is why in its landmark legislation on homelessness, the 2009 Homeless
Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act[i], and in Opening Doors[ii], the national strategic plan to end homelessness, established under the Act, Congress mandated that there needed to be a homeless response system in every community. Crucially, Congress tasked organizations like ours, in most American communities, with the responsibility and necessary statutory authority to establish and run these robust systems. The five most important roles they gave us are:

 

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