Select a task below to get more information: Task 1: Hiring staff and involving people with Lived Experience Task 2: Establishing staff supervision and communication protocols Task 3: Training staff Task 4: … More

Select a task below to get more information: Task 1: Convening a stakeholder coalition & setting up a planning group Task 2: Mobilizing readiness through social marketing framing your message Task 3: Developing … More

Overview This module is an overview of how to think about matching support services to client need within Housing First programs. It is organized into three sections: (i) Key Messages, … More

Coordinating with Other Community Agencies This module is an overview of the role that community agencies can play in relation to the operation of Housing First programs. It is organized … More

The Toronto Housing First (At Home/Chez Soi) Ethno-Racial Intensive Case Management (HF ER ICM) project[1] delivers Housing First ensuring culturally based options for ethno-racial groups experiencing homelessness. We relied on … More

Change in agency culture and service system culture when implementing housing first This module is an overview of how agency and service system culture often needs to change when implementing … More

Lessons learned from the City of Winnipeg The Winnipeg At Home Chez Soi (AHCS) project delivered a housing first program that had high fidelity to the model and it incorporated … More

Sustainability of Housing First can be thought of in terms of continued operation of the intervention’s critical ingredients. Additionally, there are contextual factors and processes that promote sustainability (e.g., organizational … More

Sustainability can be thought of as the continued operation of the intervention’s critical ingredients. Sustainability outcomes for Housing First include obtaining continued funding for housing and support services, maintaining adherence … More

Meaningful inclusion of people with lived experience resources Vancouver Peer Reference Group Report on Peer Support for Homelessness and Mental Health Mental Health Commission of Canada | 2013 Housing first … More