On February 15, the Alliance kicks off the 2018 Emergency Shelter Learning Series with a brand new webinar to answer your most challenging and frequently asked questions. Throughout 2017, we were thrilled to see how many organizations across the country were making the shift to lower-barrier, housing-focused shelter models.

Through resources like the Emergency Shelter Learning Series and the Five Keys to Effective Shelter, the Alliance supports providers, funders, and system leaders to strengthen emergency shelter practices.

Recent webinars in the series featured shelter providers who shared strategies for retooling shelter policies while still maintaining health and safety. One important aspect of this effort is to turn overly complicated or restrictive rules into simple and respectful community expectations. Rather than getting bogged down in compliance and monitoring, this allows staff and participants to build on people’s strengths and focus on the most important need: getting participants housed as quickly as possible.

Read the full article about changing punitive shelter rules for the homeless by Ben Cattell Noll at National Alliance to End Homelessness.