Public Health
HomeState and local public health departments are responsible for protecting and improving the lives of people in their communities. Public health agencies lead community-based responses to infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. People who are homeless should be included in community-based planning for disease outbreaks. Below are resources and tools to help communities understand the role of public health departments, how to partner, and how to build an integrated public health response into their crisis response system during COVID-19.
Strategic Funding and Grants Management
Partner Resources
Operations and Best Practices
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Air Quality Emergencies for People Experiencing Homelessness
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Coordinating with Public Health for Safe Transition into Housing
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Heat Emergencies for People Experiencing Homelessness
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Planning for Natural and Public Health Disasters: Forming an Emergency Response Committee of the CoC
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: When to Use Personal Protective Equipment
Spanish Version: Cuándo Utilizar Equipo de Protección Personal
Behavioral Health
Infectious Disease Management
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Addressing Your Concerns About the Updated COVID-19 Booster
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Assessing Appropriate COVID-19 Prevention Strategies for Homeless Shelters
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Cleaning Activities—You Know You’re Ready When You Have
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: COVID-19 Facility Layout
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Commonly Asked Questions About Monkeypox
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Framework for Enhancing Safety in Your Homeless Response System
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19 By Watching for These Possible Symptoms
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Homeless Systems Operational Management During Monkeypox
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: HUD Infectious Disease Toolkit for CoCs
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Infection Control and Winter Planning Series
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Infectious Disease Winter Planning and Preparedness for Congregate Facilities
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Mitigating the Spread—DC Shelter Profile
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Monkeypox (MPX) Education Ambassador and Job Description
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Monkeypox (MPX) Preparedness Considerations for Homeless Shelters
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: MPX: Monkeypox Info You Should Know
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Operational Healthcare Partnerships
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Protecting Yourself and Others from Monkeypox (MPX)
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Questions to Assist CoCs and Public Health Authorities to Limit the Spread of Infectious Disease in Homeless Programs
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Shelter-Based Isolation in Place
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: SNAPS TA Provider Webinar: State of COVID-19: Summer 2021
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Specific Considerations for Public Health Authorities to Limit Infection Risk Among People Experiencing Homelessness
Spanish Version: Consideraciones Específicas dirigidas a las Autoridades de la Salud Publica para Limitar los Riesgos de Infección para las Personas Sin Hogar
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: The Time is NOW! Talking to People Experiencing Homelessness About MPX
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: What To Do if There Is a Monkeypox (MPX) Case in the Shelter
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: What to Do in a Shelter When Someone Shows COVID-19 Symptoms
- HUD Exchange TA Resource: Working with Local Partners to Prevent and Respond to Monkeypox Transmission
Substance Use
Partner Resources
Community Examples
Behavioral Health
Infectious Disease Management
- External Resource: California—Recommended Strategic Approaches for COVID-19 Response for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness