Organization

HSPN Planning

Ten Year Plan to Address and Eliminate Homelessness: The Ten Year Plan to Address and Eliminate Homelessness articulates the City’s formal strategy for assisting homeless individuals and families move from streets and shelters to economic independence and self-sufficiency. The Office of Housing & Community Development, in partnership with the Homeless Service Provider Network, seeks to strengthen prevention strategies and to expand permanent affordable housing opportunities for chronic and episodic homeless individuals and families. View Document

Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness 2010: Opening Doors is the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness that put the nation on a path to end Veterans and chronic homelessness by 2015; and to ending homelessness among children, families, and youth by 2020.  In order to accomplish this goal, the plan has 10 objectives and 52 strategies laid out to inform needed action at all levels of government. The Plan presents strategies building upon the lesson that mainstream housing, health, education, and human service programs must be fully engaged and coordinated to prevent and end homelessness. View Document

Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness Amendment 2012:  In September 2012, USICH released an Amendment to Opening Doors, which was developed to specifically address what strategies and supports should be implemented to improve the educational outcomes for children and youth, and the steps that need to be taken to assist unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness.  The Amendment provides further clarity on what needs to be done specifically for youth and children if we are to reach the goal of ending homelessness among families, children and youth by 2020. View Document
Reports

2014 Point-in-Time Count Homeless Report: The Point-in-Time report provide a snap shot of the City’s unduplicated sheltered and unsheltered individuals and families experiencing homelessness.  The information collected during the Point-in-Time Count is compiled into this report and is used to help guide community planning efforts – including federal funding decisions for homeless programs and to measure New Bedford’s progress towards ending homelessness. View Document