This week, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
(USICH) adopted and released
Ending Homelessness Before It States: A Federal Homelessness
Prevention Framework. This actionable guide, which was
informed by people with lived experience of homelessness and
developed in collaboration with multiple agencies, is intended
for a wide range of partners, including local, tribal, and state
governments, non-profits, providers, and other community
partners. Specifically, the framework:
Details steps for developing a community-wide, cross-system
approach to homelessness prevention
Defines categories of homelessness prevention
Shares promising practices for homelessness prevention
programs
Lists federal resources that can be used for homelessness
prevention
USICH also launched a new series
spotlighting local and federal efforts to prevent homelessness,
with a focus on specific populations. The
first spotlight in the blog series focuses on youth
homelessness and highlights the work of four California counties’
(Alameda, San Diego, San Francisco, and Ventura) efforts to
prevent homelessness among foster youth and other at-risk youth
populations, including LGBTQI+.
