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The Housing Collective and our partners develop and deliver tools to help planners, policymakers, service providers, and citizens create innovative and data-driven housing solutions in Connecticut.
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To help communities understand and address challenges related to housing affordability, LCCHO and Regional Plan Association offer data and analysis on housing, incomes, and affordability.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials
- Media Website
- Region Litchfield County, CT
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Welcome Home, Neighbor supports property partners to operate profitable rental properties while removing barriers for our neighbors to regain safe and stable homes in their community.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Homelessness
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region CT
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The Northeast Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG) has updated its comprehensive economic development strategy for the region with additional sections to address housing, economic development, workforce and educational development, small business development, healthcare access, etc.
- Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
- Topic Workforce; Housing Affordability; Employment
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials
- Media Website
- Region Eastern CT
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The CT Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services (DMHAS) Latino Outreach Program provides regional community outreach services designed to reduce the stigma that surrounds substance use in the Latino community. Latino Outreach workers provide informational sessions and training in traditional settings such as social service agencies as well as non-traditional settings within the Latino community to raise awareness on overdose prevention and substance use programs.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Substance Abuse; Outreach
- Audience Community Organizations; Residents
- Media Website
- Region Fairfield County, CT; CT
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Homelessness; Diversion
- Audience Community Organizations; Residents
- Media Website
- Region CT
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Guidance to help local leaders and community partners act with urgency to successfully and compassionately address the crisis of unsheltered homelessness.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Homelessness; Outreach
- Audience Officials; Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Outreach; Homelessness; Crisis Intervention
- Audience Community Organizations; Residents
- Media Website
- Region CT
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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Website
- Region Eastern CT
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Homelessness
- Audience Community Organizations; Residents
- Media Website
- Region CT
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
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The Emergency Shelter Learning Series is a collection of webinars and resources from the National Alliance to End Homelessness focused on explaining the philosophy and practice of effective emergency shelter.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Crisis Intervention
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Substance Abuse; Health
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Substance Abuse; Health
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This introductory course provides foundational information about the neurobiology and prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD), the whole-person care framework and best practices, treatment and recovery supports for OUD, and supporting housing stability for individuals with OUD.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Substance Abuse; Health
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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Shelter systems struggle to meet the needs of older unhoused adults and existing housing systems are not designed to support individuals who need assistance with activities of daily living or experience cognitive impairment. Existing community resources for seniors often have age limits that exclude those that could otherwise benefit based on functional need. The lack of adequate shelter, housing, and supportive services results in continued homelessness, and individuals often cycle through services that are not equipped to address their needs. This webinar will present an overview of factors impacting older adults experiencing homelessness and share strategies to support their housing needs.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Older Adults; Homelessness
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This course provides practical tips and strategies to enable supportive housing tenants to age in place in supportive housing programs. As tenants age, their needs change. Adaptions and accommodations may be necessary to enable them to continue to live independently in housing. Trainers will explore how supportive housing providers can take a proactive role in planning to meet the changing needs of tenants as they age. Approaches to case management, the importance of building community-based partnerships and connections as well as methods to promote housing stability will be discussed.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Older Adults; Supportive Housing; Health
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This short, self-paced course provides an introduction to strategies to engage older adults in supportive housing. The course will explore the impact of isolation and loneliness on the health and well-being of older adults and how effective engagement strategies can help reduce the impact of isolation and loneliness.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Older Adults; Supportive Housing; Health
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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Learn about the concept of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and how they are important to your work and the clients you work with. Gain knowledge on the factors that make up social determinants of health while exploring the importance of asking these questions in a uniform way and why that matters. Understand the steps necessary to develop partnerships with other organizations to support your clients to improve health outcomes and increase team collaboration and efficiency.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Health; Case Management; Collective Impact
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This webinar will feature three panelists in a roundtable discussion about serving individuals with serious mental illness who are experiencing homelessness. Panelists will help dispel myths about homelessness and mental illness, share innovative and culturally responsive models of care, and provide actionable takeaways that participants can use in their work.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Health; Crisis Intervention
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This inventory – updated annually by the Northwest CT Regional Housing Council – identifies affordable housing developments in each of the 21 towns that the Council covers.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials
- Media Website
- Region Litchfield County, CT
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Youth involvement can benefit organizations and their programs as well as the youth themselves. Programs that are developed in partnership with youth are more likely to be effective at engaging the population and, therefore, to have a greater impact. Involving youth as partners in making decisions that affect them increases the likelihood that the decisions will be accepted, adopted, and become part of their everyday lives.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Youth
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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These town-level housing data profiles, produced by Partnership for Strong Communities, are intended to help Connecticut residents, officials and developers make data-informed decisions about housing.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Website
- Region CT
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FCCHO partnered with Regional Plan Association to analyze the potential and conditions for accessory dwelling units (ADU) and single-family home conversions in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Website
- Region Fairfield County, CT
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To help communities understand and address housing challenges, FCCHO commissioned data and analysis on demographics and housing characteristics for all towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials
- Media Website
- Region Fairfield County, CT
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This statewide database tracks supply and demand for affordable and accessible housing in real time for the benefit of officials, citizens, developers, and advocates alike.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Website
- Region CT
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Collective Impact
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Website
- Region USA
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Homelessness
- Audience Community Organizations; Residents
- Media Website
- Region CT
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Throughout the course, you will have the opportunity to react to scenarios and case studies, explore sample conversation starters, and reflect on the information provided to identify key takeaways that you will use in your practice.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Supportive Housing; Outreach; Education
- Audience Residents
- Media Website
- Region USA
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Capacity Building; Education
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This self-paced training discusses the Olmstead Decision, defines quality supportive housing, and describes the different models of integrated supportive housing.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Supportive Housing
- Audience Community Organizations; Residents
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This 11 module course will equip learners with a clear understanding of the context of modern homelessness and its effect on health; detail the core characteristics of Health Care for the Homeless model of care; and explore ways learners can get involved in the movement to end homelessness.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Health; Homelessness
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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Please watch each video in this toolkit to learn more about supervising rapid re-housing (RRH) programs. Reviewing the full toolkit should take about 3.5 hours. All videos do not have to be completed in one sitting. If you decide to stop and return at another time, please make a note of which videos you have completed so you can pick up where you left off.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Rapid Rehousing
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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HUD sponsorsed a second round of the Rapid Rehousing (RRH) Roundtable Discussion Series. Sessions took place every six weeks, with topics to be determined along the way. Each webinar in the series hosted a facilitated dialogue amongst a small group of panelists and included an opportunity for participants to submit questions to the panelists and technical assistance (TA) providers.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Rapid Rehousing
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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Looking to integrate Rapid Re-Housing into your system or measure the success of your current program? Check out our newest resources that are a must-have for any system.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Rapid Rehousing
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
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These free training resources are part of our collaborative effort to affirm the work of RHY providers and RHY municipal coordinators working on the ground to end youth homelessness.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Youth; Homelessness
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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Discuss the need for trauma-informed care across outreach and engagement efforts and services. Identify the different purposes and types of outreach that are provided in response to homelessness. Describe key skills for engaging with people experiencing homelessness in a trauma-informed manner. Explain how outreach and engagement efforts help address mental health and substance use needs for those experiencing homelessness.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Outreach; Crisis Intervention; Substance Abuse
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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Training is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) new lead-based paint regulation (24 CFR Part 35, et al.). This training is intended for those already inspecting housing units. This training will build on your existing building inspection and assessment skills to perform visual assessments.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Health; Capacity Building
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Case Management; Health
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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This workshop will provide an overview of working with people with lived experience and how to create a safe environment for them to thrive within your organization. Learn techniques to support peers with lived experience and how to create an environment where they can contribute meaningfully without being retraumatized themselves.
- Initiative Opening Doors
- Topic Crisis Intervention; Health
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Website
- Region USA
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