Research & Reports

The 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness

• The Asheville-Buncombe 10-Year Plan, adopted by City County and County Commissioners in 2005 
• Other North Carolina 10-Year Plans
• 10-Year Plans Across the United States

Annual Reports

• 2006 Annual Report
• 2007 Annual Report

Updates to Council & Commissioners

• May, 2006 Report to Council
• September, 2006 Report to Council
• May, 2007 City Council Issues Meeting
• October, 2008 Report to Council

Stakeholder Meetings

December, 2008 Stakeholder Meeting:

• Participant Discussion Summary
• Complete Notes from Participant Discussion

Resource Guides

• Community Assistance Regarding Existing Employment Resources 
• Asheville Homeless Network Resource Guide
• CIT Quick Reference List
• Community Health Clinics

Homeless Coalition Notes

Point in Time Count

• North Carolina Point in Time outcomes: 2006
• Homeless Counts, by the NCCEH (January 2007)

The Homeless Information Management System: HMIS

• Housing and Urban Development: HMIS Webpage
• North Carolina Homeless Information Network

Substance Abuse

• 2007 Substance Abuse Statistics for Asheville-Buncombe

Buncombe County Crisis Response

• CIT Quick Reference List
• CIT Memorandum of Understanding

HST: Housing Support Teams

• Homeless Mental Health Initiative Summary

Spare Change for Real Change

• Asheville’s Spare Change for Real Change Program
• Chapel Hill/Carrboro’s Project
• Denver’s Road Home Meter Donation Program

SSI/SSDI Outreach and Recovery: SOAR

• National SOAR Website
• NCCEH North Carolina Soar Resources
• What is SOAR?
• SOAR Promising Practices
• SOAR Outcomes Reporting form for SOAR Caseworkers

What Is Homelessness?

• Common Myths and Facts About Homelessness

Emergency, Transitional, and Day Shelters

• Dean, C. (April 2008) Discharge Planning Challenges Facing North Carolina’s Homeless Shelter Providers.

Permanent Housing in North Carolina

• From the Jordan Institute, December 2007: The Cost Effectiveness of Supportive Housing – A Service Cost Analysis of Lennox Chase Residents.

NC Homeless Policy

• 2007 NCCEH Policy Guide
• Draft Plan: State Mental Health Strategic Plan 2007-2010

Chronic Homelessness

• Haggerty, R. (2006) Smart Moves: Spending to Saving, Streets to Home.

Housing

• Ward, M. & Doherty, M. Housing Authorities: Helping to End Homelessness Through Permanent, Supportive Housing.
• Turner, M.A. & Kingsley, G. T. (2008). Federal Programs for Addressing Low-Income Housing needs: A policy Primer.

National Data

• National Alliance to End Homelessness (January 2009) Homeless Counts: Changes in Homelessness from 2005 to 2007
  • Full Report
  • Supplemental Appendix B: Homelessness among Subpopulations by State
  • Supplemental Appendix C: Homelessness by Subpopulation by State
  • Supplemental: Homelessness looms as potential outcome of recession
  • US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development. (2008) The Second Annual Assessment Report to Congress.

Supportive Services

• Hannigan, T. & Wagner, S. (2003).  Developing the “Support” in Supportive Housing.

Systems Change

• 2004 Supportive Housing Leadership Forum. (2004) How Public Leaders Change Multiple Systems: Reducing Costs and Improving Outcomes through Supportive Housing.
• Greiff, D., Proscio, T. & Carol, W.  (2003).  Laying a New Foundation: Changing the Systems that Create and Sustain Supportive Housing.

Veterans

• 2006 National Housing Conference. (2006). Ending Homelessness Among Veterans Through Permanent Supportive Housing.
• 2009 Veteran Homelessness: A Supplemental Report to the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress