The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff
Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) has released new
resources to assist policymakers, practitioners, and community
stakeholders develop encampment resolution protocols. The
Encampment Resolution Guide underscores the importance of
connecting unsheltered residents to housing and services when
addressing homeless encampments in order to avoid future
re-encampment and traumatization. The comprehensive guide
includes a detailed overview of the encampment resolution
protocol, the makeup of teams typically involved in a successful
resolution, and a model operational protocol that jurisdictions
can utilize.
UCSF BHHI also released an
Encampment Prioritization Tool, which, in tandem with the
Encampment Resolution Guide, is designed to help communities
balance competing issues and priorities: urgently responding to
encampments and all forms of homelessness, the shortage of
housing and shelter resources, and the health and safety issues
that encampments can represent.
UCSF BHHI will host a webinar on September 25, 2024, from
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm on unsheltered homelessness and best
practices for reducing it, including how communities can utilize
these encampment resolution resources.
Register here.
