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Project Homeless Connect -
Not a service fair . . .
Not an information and referral event . . .
An innovation. A One-Day *consumer-focused* One-Stop
It's a new way of doing business, focused on immediacy, hospitality, and results for homeless neighbors.
The innovation of Project Homeless Connect fuses political and civic will in a one-day, one-stop array of resources to provide the hospitality and the support to create a trajectory out of homelessness.
Project Homeless Connect is equal parts welcoming homeless neighbors into the life of the community, changing the way resources are accessed, and achieving quantifiable results for people experiencing homelessness.
A Community Welcome
Project Homeless Connect events vary in size, content and frequency in each community, but share a common intent - to remedy the homelessness of their neighbors. The "under one roof" offerings for consumers and the "mobile hospitality" of volunteers who act as escorts and conductors for their homeless neighbors help lower their barriers and achieve results. Events catalyze community involvement, generating new partnership, commitment, and investment to end homelessness. Project Homeless Connect gives people and organizations who have never been involved in homelessness before a way to make a difference in their community.
A New Public-Private Partnership Service Paradigm
Project Homeless Connect is intended to change how business is done in local communities when it comes to expediting outcomes, lowering barriers, removing obstacles, and increasing results. Public and private sector resource providers work side-by-side in a new configuration, with a focus on problem - solving and results.
A Replicable Model That is Being Adopted Coast to Coast
Denver's Road Home recognized with Council's 2008 Home for Every American Project Homeless Connect Award. |
From its origins in San Francisco where it was pioneered by Mayor Gavin Newsom, and building on models of response to Katrina and Stand Downs for veterans, Project Homeless Connect has been identified by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness as an innovation that can move people more quickly toward housing and stability and furthers the goals of community 10 Year Plans to end homelessness. With encouragement and technical assistance from the Council, Project Homeless Connect has now been adopted by more than 170 communities, large and small, in the U.S., Canada, and Australia in less than three years. A Resolution adopted last month by the U.S. Conference of Mayors at their annual meeting “encourages and supports the increased involvement of Mayors in creating Project Homeless Connect events and participating in the 2008 National Project Homeless Connect Week”. Similarly, a resolution adopted at the recent National Association of Counties (NACo) 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition "encourages and supports the increased involvement of county officials in creating Project Homeless Connect events and participating in the 2008 National Project Homeless Connect (NPHC) Week and throughout the year in proven strategies that end homelessness."
Project Homeless Connect Innovations
On this page, you will find a variety of resources including a Calendar of upcoming Project Homeless Connect events, a Toolkit prepared by the Council to assist communities plan successful events, the National Project Homeless Connect logo and helpful forms and templates, and links to descriptions of a variety of successful Project Homeless Connect events where lessons learned regarding logistics, partnerships, and results are instructive and inspiring.
Plan to Participate in 2008 National Project Homeless Connect Week December 1-7.
