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Reporting on your PIT Count Data
This resource offers Built for Zero leaders guiding questions to develop a communications strategy around the 2025 point-in-time count release and build an ongoing approach to data communications. Please contact …
Talking about Built for Zero
Built for Zero is a national network of more than 170 communities across the United States working to measurably and meaningfully reduce homelessness — and proving that real, sustained progress …
Talking about By-name data
What is by-name data? By-name data is a comprehensive database of every person in a community experiencing homelessness, updated in real time. Using information collected and shared with their consent, …
Achieving functional zero
Key Resources Media Templates Media Kit You can access our Built for Zero media kit at this link. Examples
Talking about progress
A quick-start guide for talking about the work The big idea When communities act with speed, coordination, and accountability, homelessness can be measurably reduced. Communities across the country are proving …
2025 NOFO Communications Toolkit
This hub provides Built for Zero communities with clear, credible tools to communicate local impacts, support continuity in CoC renewals, and prepare for the next NOFO cycle. Update (Feb. 4, …
2024 AHAR Communications Toolkit
This resource aims to provide leaders of Built for Zero with guiding questions to develop a communications strategy on how to respond to the 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report release …
Johnson v. Grants Pass Communications Toolkit
Resources for communicating about the Johnson v. Grants Pass Supreme Court case.
Johnson v. Grants Pass Earned Media Toolkit
Leverage earned media to join the national campaign to combat harmful narratives about homelessness and advocate for data-driven solutions.
