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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 …
Data and Partnerships: Using your PIT and By-Name List in Tandem
Using your PIT and By-Name List in Tandem
Encampment Response
Originally held on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 The Built for Zero team and partners at Clutch hosted a town hall–style conversation on coordination to address unsheltered homelessness. The Clutch team …
Inflow, Diversion, and Unsheltered Homelessness
Originally held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 9:30a.m. PT/12:30p.m. ET Built for Zero’s Antonio Caffey, strategy lead for strategy and impact, hosted an interactive Town Hall discussion with Sarah …
Data and Partnerships: Using Your Point-in-Time Count (PIT) and By-Name List in Tandem
Originally held Thursday, Jan. 22 | 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET When a community’s data sources tell the same story, decision-making gets faster — and coordination gets stronger. …
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, …
Problem-Solving Network and System Coordinator Role Shaping Toolkit
To set up your System Coordinator for success, it is critical that they have role clarity and a path to establishing key relationships in your community. Part of gaining role …
Collaborative funding design considerations
To increase autonomy and resiliency in an uncertain funding ecosystem, communities are increasingly turning to collaborative approaches to raise and distribute funding across their housing and homeless service systems. The …
RESOURCE: The Single Adult Scorecard and the WellSky Built for Zero report
What is the Quality Data Foundations Toolkit? | List Status Communities working toward the quality data milestone and using the WellSky Built for Zero (BFZ) report suite to track population …
Catalytic Investment Case Study
The Fairfax BFZ team recognized a critical pattern in their data year over year: more individuals enter into actual homelessness over the winter months. Through a Catalytic Investment, they tested …
