Outreach

Street outreach programs deliver services directly to individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness, ensuring that individuals’ basic needs are met while supporting them along pathways toward housing stability.  The core elements of street outreach include system level coordination, a focus on housing, and a person-centered, trauma informed orientation. The resources and tools below will help support your community to reach people over the course of your COVID-19 response who might not seek assistance through physical locations and ensure that people’s basic needs are met while supporting them along pathways toward housing stability.

Strategic Funding and Grants Management

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Eligible ESG Program Costs for Infectious Disease Preparedness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Using Continuum of Care Program Funds for Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response
  Spanish Version: Uso de fondos del programa Continuum of Care para la preparación y respuesta a enfermedades infecciosas

Operations and Best Practices

• CDC—Interim Considerations for Health Departments for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Homeless Shelters and Encampments

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Air Quality Emergencies for People Experiencing Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Collaborating with Agencies Monitoring and Combating Human Trafficking: Considerations for Housing and Homelessness Service Providers

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Evidence-based Service Delivery

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Fillable Flyer for Outreach- What You Need to Know About Monkeypox

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Framework for Enhancing Safety in Your Homeless Response System

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Heat Emergencies for People Experiencing Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Housing-Focused Outreach

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Housing Surges—Special Considerations for Targeting People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Leading With Kindness in Encampment Resolution

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Lessons Learned from Outreach Workers

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Protecting the Health and Well-Being of People in Encampments and Other People Who Access Public Spaces

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Protecting Health and Well-Being of People in Encampments During an Infectious Disease Outbreak
  Spanish Version: Protección de la salud y el bienestar de las personas sin hogar no albergadas durante un brote de enfermedades infecciosas

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Serving Unsheltered People with Severe Service Needs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Special Population Rehousing Strategy—People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Staff Capacity: Considerations for Scaling Up

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Strategies to Design and Implement a Successful ESG-CV Program

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Supporting Individuals Exiting Isolation or Quarantine

Community Examples

• Atlanta, Georgia COVID-19 Outreach Fact Sheet

• Contra Costa County, CA—Homeless Encampment Guidance for Prevention and Management of COVID-19

• COVID-19 How to Stay Safe Outreach Flyer

• Indianapolis, IN—COVID-19 Recommended Actions Encampment Flyer

• Tennessee—Neighborhood Health- Pandemic Handbook for Outreach Workers

• San Francisco, CA—Interim Guidance for Safe Sleeping Villages to Reduce the Risk of COVID-19

• San Francisco, CA—Interim Guidance for Safe Sleeping for Unsheltered Persons Experiencing Homelessness to Reduce the Risk of COVID-19