This new guidance, which is available below as a PDF, is intended to help communities minimize the spread and impact of the rapidly-spreading Delta variant of COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness.

It was informed by CDC guidance and developed by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), and the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH).

It offers the following recommendations that should be implemented immediately:

  1. Encourage and support vaccinations.
  2. Strengthen routine testing, especially in congregate facilities.
  3. Continue to use COVID-specific non-congregate shelter (NCS) for people who test positive, were exposed, or are at high risk of severe illness or death.
  4. Maintain or re-institute COVID-19 mitigation protocols.
  5. Continue to rehouse as many people as possible.

Read the full article about the Delta variant at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.