Fall 2024 Learning Session Materials

November 21, 2024

Below you can find content from the 2024 Fall Learning Session held in the Twin Cities, including slide decks, handouts, toolkits, and more. If you have trouble accessing any materials or have additional questions, please reach out to bfznetwork@community.solutions.

Opening Plenary – Day 1 (Learning)

Slides

Celebrations Plenary – Day 1 (Learning)

Slides

Storytelling Panel Plenary – Day 2 (Ideas)

Slides | Link to film series

Opening Plenary – Day 3 (Action)

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Closing Plenary – Day 3 (Action)

Slides

Select plenary recordings coming soon!


Building a Strong Backbone

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Session Slides

Further Learning:
BFZ Backbone Overview
Backbone Leadership (Collective Impact Forum) 
Racial Equity Toolkit (Collective Impact Forum)

Case Conferencing Implementation

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Further Learning:
Case Conferencing Breakout – Additional Resources
Case Conferencing Academy
Case Conferencing Toolbank

Coordinated Prevention for Housing Stability

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Further Learning:
HSLC Hub
HSLC Toolbank

Data and PWLEH: How to Have a Robust BNL

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Session Slides

Further Learning:
HUD PLEE Toolkit
By-Name Data: A Pillar of the Built for Zero Methodology

Designing and Identifying Spaces to Meaningfully Engage with PWLEH

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Further Learning:

Homeless System Response: Guidance for Recruiting Hiring and Retaining People with Lived Experience of Homelessness
Homeless System Response: Engaging Individuals with Lived Experience
Peer Learning Spotlight: Sacramento
A Measurement Framework for Racial Equity in Homeless Response Systems
Reimagining Our Racial Equity Framework: A Guide 

Effective Encampment and Unsheltered Strategies

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Session Slides

Further Learning:
Join us and our partners at Clutch Consulting for a Live Q&A on Friday, December 6, from 2 – 3 p.m. EST as a follow-up to this breakout session. You will have opportunities to bring questions forward to discuss as you consider implementing this approach in your community. Register here!

Additional resources will be shared soon.

Ending Veteran Homelessness

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Further Learning:
One Team Approach Implementation Toolkit – VA Homeless Programs
VA Homeless Programs

Flexible Funding 101

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Further Learning:
To request a copy of the Built for Zero Flex Fund Guide please complete this form.

From Research to Action: Strategies to Prevent and End Youth Homelessness

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Further Learning:
BFZ Youth Homelessness Assessment – Supplemental Technical Appendix (Tear Sheets Only)
Current State of Youth Homelessness Approaches report
Shaping Futures: Insights on Youth and Young Adult Homelessness
Video: Let it grow (Gulf Coast, Mississippi)

Health and Homelessness: Collaboration Across Systems

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Session Slides

Further Learning:
Health Affairs: Health Care’s Role In Ending Homelessness
State Public Health & Homelessness Playbook
Expert Q&A Roundup: Street Medicine

How Funders Can Maximize Impact and System Performance

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Further Learning:
Full toolkit currently in development to be published in 2025.

Implementing the Built for Zero Report Suite available in Wellsky Community Services

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Further Learning:
WellSky | Community Services Built for Zero Report Suite webpage
WellSky | Community Services BFZ Report Suite v2024 Manual

Kickstarting Property Engagement Initiatives

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Further Learning:
Housing Navigation and Property Engagement Literature Review
2020 HUD Brief on landlord engagement in the Covid-19 pandemic

Mapping the Housing Placement Process

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Further Learning:
Process Mapping Facilitation Guide
Process Mapping Slide Deck
Nashville Final Process Map

PWLEH Learning Lab: Funding for PWLEH Work

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Further Learning:
Compensation of Persons with Lived Expertise Guidance and Policy [sample]
HUD – PLEE Facing Recruitment and Compensation Guide

State Public Health Departments as Partners

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Session Slides

Further Learning:
State Public Health & Homelessness Playbook
Executive Summary

System Improvement Skill-building

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Further Learning:
BFZ Rapid Cycle Training
StriveTogether Training Hub
NAEH Center for Learning
IHI Training
Built for Zero Theory of Change Starter Kit

System-Level Resourcing

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Further Learning:
Nonprofit Finance Fund – Key Functions of Place-Based Partnerships
Strive Together – 10 Steps to Successful Strategic Public Financing
Collective Impact Forum – How Funders Can Embrace Collective Impact

Telling a New Story About Homelessness

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Further Learning:
Communications Hub Resources
Social Media Toolkits
Join our Social Media Coalition
Developing a Communications Strategy
Talking about Housing First