NAEH URGENT: We Need Your Feedback About COVID-19

COVID-19 Response and Homelessness

Best Practices A practical newsletter for people ending homelessness. We Need Your Feedback About COVID-19 Congress is currently considering a supplemental funding bill to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alliance is working with Congress to include funds that would meet the needs of homeless people and support the organizations and community structures that help them. And we need your input. The survey below will help us gather feedback so that we can ask for the most needed resources, and help us make an urgent and compelling case to Congress. Your feedback is invaluable, so we hope that you can take a few moments today to let us know what is needed in your community. Thank you for all your work during this difficult time. Take the survey here >>> Take Action: Funding for Homeless Programs During COVID-19 Within the next 48 hours, Congress will be deciding on an emergency spending response bill. As of now, it includes no measures for homelessness or housing response. Tell your Member of Congress why it's critical that programs serving people experiencing homelessness must receive funding in this crisis, and why communities like yours need funding to address the pandemic. The Alliance is working with Congress to advocate for the inclusion of homelessness and housing programs, but it's also important that your Members of Congress hear directly from you and others in their district. Contact your Members of Congress >>> Coronavirus Resources The Alliance is continually compiling resources on the homelessness system response to COVID-19 as they become available. Please consult the resources below as you formulate your organization or CoC response, all of which are available on the Alliance's Coronavirus and Homelessness page.   Federal Resources U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):  Disease Risks and Homelessness resource Infectious Diseases Toolkits for CoCs, which include the following documents: Preventing and Managing the Spread of Infectious Disease for People Experiencing Homelessness Preventing and Managing the Spread of Infectious Disease within Shelters Preventing and Managing the Spread of Infectious Disease within Encampments  COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") Information and Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):  Interim guidance for homeless service providers to plan and respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Steps Healthcare Facilities Can Take Now to Prepare for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) United States Interagency Council on Homelessness:  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit National Center for Biotechnology Information Homelessness and the Response to Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Lessons from SARS  Other Partner Resources: CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing): Coronavirus Disease: What Supportive Housing Providers Need to Know National Low Income Housing Coalition: COVID-19: Coronavirus and Housing/Homelessness National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Flu and Coronavirus Resources From the Alliance Blog COVID-19: What State and Local Leaders Can Do for Homeless Populations By Sharon McDonald Building Evidence in the Fight to End Homelessness By NAEH We Still Need the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule: Protecting Housing Gains for Vulnerable People Under the Law By Chandra Crawford Coronavirus and Homelessness By NAEH Featured Alliance Resource COVID-19: What State and Local Leaders Can Do for Homeless Populations