Advancing Employment through the Point-In-Time Count

NI surveyed communities to assess what information they capture through their Point-In-Time (PIT) counts about the employment interests and activities of people experiencing homelessness. This infographic shares findings along with recommendations for how communities can use the PIT count to advance economic opportunity for homeless jobseekers

Case Study: King County Rapid Re-Housing for Families Pilot

From 2013-15 in King County, Washington, the Rapid Re-Housing for Families pilot evaluated the effectiveness of enhancing rapid re-housing programming with employment navigators. This case study provides an overview of the pilot and its results.

Comments on New Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness

These comments were provided in response to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness' request for feedback on the revised Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. In crafting our response, staff from Heartland Alliance's Impact Division gathered input from 17 staff members across the Alliance's companies, including staff with lived experience of homelessness, staff working directly with adults and youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and staff working on policy and systems-level solutions to prevent and end homelessness

Subsidized Jobs for People Experiencing or At-Risk of Homelessness

This advocacy resource makes the case for why Congress must enact an equity-centered national subsidized employment program as a part of COVID-19 economic recovery legislation, with a special focus on how subsidized employment strategies can benefit jobseekers experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. This resource was produced in partnership among Heartland Alliance, the Center for Law & Social Policy (CLASP), and the National Youth Employment Coalition. Subsidized employment advocates can use this resource to inform visits with elected officials about why subsidized employment must be a part of building back a better, stronger, and more inclusive and equitable economy in the wake of the COVID-19 recession.

Subsidized Employment: A Proven Strategy for Supporting Rapid Economic Recovery

This advocacy resource makes the case for why Congress must enact an equity-centered national subsidized employment programas a part of COVID-19 economic recovery legislation, as called for in the White House's proposed American Jobs Plan. This resource was produced in partnership among Heartland Alliance, the Center for Law & Social Policy (CLASP), and the National Youth Employment Coalition. Subsidized employment advocates can use this resource to inform visits with elected officials about why subsidized employment must be a part of building back a better, stronger, and more inclusive and equitable economy in the wake of the COVID-19 recession.

Providing True Opportunity for Opportunity Youth: Promising Practices and Principles for Helping Youth Facing Barriers to Employment

Many "opportunity youth" -- youth who are not working or in school -- would benefit substantially from gaining work experience but need help overcoming barriers to employment and accessing the labor market.Those opportunity youth facing the most significant challenges, such as extreme poverty, homelessness, and justice system involvement, often need even more intensive assistance in entering and keeping employment, and are at risk of being left behind even by employment programs that are specifically designed to serve opportunity youth.This paper builds on the research literature with extensive interviews with employment program providers who have had success in helping the most vulnerable opportunity youth succeed in the workforce. Six principles for effectively serving these youth are identified

Employment & Income Growth Among People Experiencing Homelessness

This infographic highlights current trends in how well the homeless service system is connecting people exiting the system with employment and income. The infographic is based on an analysis of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care System Performance Measure data from 2016.

Framework for an Equity-Centered National Subsidized Employment Program

Developed in partnership with 16 national organizations, this framework lays out an equity-centered national subsidized employment program that can support an inclusive COVID-19 economic recovery. This framework describes a national subsidized employment program designed to quickly and efficiently get people working when it is safe to do so as well as ensure that people who have been left out of and left behind by our labor market have access to economic opportunity. This framework explicitly centers racial and gender equity.

Integrating Rapid Re-Housing & Employment: Program Recommendations for Enhancing Rapid Re-Housing Design & Implementation

These are the slides for the webinar "Enhancing Rapid Re-Housing & Employment: Program Recommendations for Enhancing Rapid Re-Housing Design and Implementation" held June 15, 2017 at 1 pm Central Time. This webinar provided program-level recommendations for enhancing the design and delivery of rapid re-housing with employment supports. Many rapid re-housing participants face significant barriers to work and have experienced chronic unemployment, which can make it difficult for participants to pay market rate rent at the end of their rental subsidy. As this intervention comes to scale, it's vital to ensure that all rapid re-housing participants have access to employment, training, and supportive services that can help them succeed in quality jobs and stabilize in housing.Noelle Porter of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Caitlin Schnur of Heartland Alliance's National Initiatives on Poverty & Economic Opportunity, Connie Martin of Community Teamwork, Inc., and Tanner Phillips of Neighborhood House presented. 

Work Requirements Don't Work

This infographic makes the case that imposing work requirements in exchange for basic assistance does not increase access to employment, income, and economic opportunity and offers alternative solutions