The National Coalition for the Homeless is a subcontractor to many consultants in an attempt to assist in the Federal agencies in hearing the voices of those impacted by homelessness with a series of Technical Assistance (TA) subcontracts. These include pandemic and post pandemic strategies for helping those without housing. These individuals help craft language and policies to serve the best interest of those living without housing in the United States. In California, NCH is working to create racial equity standards for housing and homeless social service providers. In addition, we are working to improve the conditions within shelter across the United States with our experts who have years of experience living in homeless shelters.
The Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response
NCH has been a partner in this national project to envision a more holistic and therapeutic emergency response system. We have led focus groups of people who have utilized emergency and interim housing, and connected the project with consultants who have lived experience with homelessness. This presentation is made by our consultants, Shaundell Diaz, Rashema Melson and Claudine Sipili, in conjunction with Matthew Doherty, project lead.
Advising Federal Agencies
Here are just an example of all the products and guidance that have been led by people with lived experience of homelessness, thanks to NCH’s Technical Assistance project:
| Document |
| Point-In-Time (PIT) Count Communications Toolkit |
| Addressing Equity in Unsheltered Homelessness |
| Guide to Running a Focus Group Session in Your Community |
| Summary of the Input from Participants of the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program |
| Coordinated Outreach Strategies |
| Rural Unsheltered Homelessness |
| Serving Unsheltered People with Severe Service Needs |
| Leading with Kindness in Encampment Resolution |
| Housing Focused Outreach |
| SSVF HP Screener |
| Transactional to Transformational: Person-Centered Data Collection |
| HPS Prevention Product Review & Edit |
| Shelter Safety Guide |
| ESG HP Screener |
| Eviction Prevention for Housing Counselors |
| EHV Program: PHA & CoC Collaboration Case |
| Data Security Document |
| Peer Review Process |
| Non-HMIS Data |
| PAYING PEOPLE with Lived Experience and Expertise |
| Housing Navigator Document |
| Housing Councling Agencies Partner with CoCs for Eviction Prevention |
| Enhancing Coordinated Entry for New Resources |
| Hiring PWLE |
| Implementing the House America Commitment |
| Identifying Sources of Operating Funds to Support Affordable and Permanent Supportive Housing Projects |
| Transfer Considerations for Rapid Rehousing |
| Shelter Renovation |
| Developing a Coordinated Entry Assessment Policy |
| EHV Implementation & Engaging Persons with Lived Experience or Expertise (PLE) in the Process |
