Heading Home workgroups meet on the third Wednesday of each month. ​Membership is open to all persons who have an interest in working collaboratively on solutions that will achieve the mission, goals, and objectives of the HHC and Jeffco Connections. There are currently five Heading Home Workgroups. 

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Homelessness Prevention: Reduce first-time homelessness and decrease inflow into the homeless response system by creating a predictive model to identify individuals that are most likely to be at-risk of homelessness. Prevention strategies must occur in tandem with “upstream prevention” with cooperation from social service systems to strengthen accountability and the social safety net. 

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Homelessness Response: Coordinate services (health care, behavioral health, human services) for people experiencing homelessness to increase access to housing and ensure economic security, health, and stability. Solutions include navigation centers and/or homeless navigation services. 

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Strengthening The Housing Continuum: Explore and expand housing strategies that meet diverse needs including congregate/non-congregate shelters, long-term housing, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing (PSH), affordable (income-restricted) housing, eviction prevention assistance, and vouchers. Strategies should target subpopulations such as families, chronically homeless persons, seniors/elderly persons, veterans, and young adults (18 to 24 years). 

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Data Integrity: Develop and maintain quality data within the Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) for all populations; and create and maintain a list of community partners using HMIS to allocate resources more efficiently and increase HMIS coverage.

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Community Engagement: Increase community awareness by providing opportunities for the public to learn and engage about the issue of homelessness through productive conversations, engagement strategies, and effective solutions. (Meets on third Tuesday of each month)

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