Below are presented technical assistance and training resources for Consolidated Homeless Grant (CHG) grantees and subgrantees to support effective utilization of awarded funding. CHG is a state-funded grant to local governments and nonprofits for homelessness assistance, prevention and housing. CHG Program Managers collected and curated these resources from a variety of sources, and will continue to update these lists over time. Recipients seeking more targeted information should reach out to their CHG Program Manager.
Disclaimer: The views represented by the various trainers and organizations featured in the written, video, and audio material linked to this page are their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of Commerce and our staff. Anyone seeking additional information from one of the linked sources should reach out to the organization that created that item.
Contents
- Grant and administration technical assistance
- Additional resources, trainings and technical assistance
- Service delivery technical assistance
- Performance measurement and management
- Other resources
Grant and administration technical assistance
This section presents materials about the administration of CHG and programs funded by CHG.
- CHG/SDG Subgranting Checklist (Word)
- Commerce Risk Assessment (Excel)
- Commerce Monitoring Planning Form (Word)
- Commerce Monitoring Tool and Report Instructions (Word)
- Commerce CHG Monitoring Tool (Excel)
- Commerce CHG Monitoring Report (Excel)
- Commerce CHG Client File Review Form (Excel)
- Commerce Low Barrier Monitoring Tool (Excel)
- Commerce Low Barrier Monitoring Report (Excel)
- Housing Stability Plan Sample Template (Word)
- CHG Grievance Sample Procedure (Word)
- CHG Household Exit and Denial of Service Policy (Word)
- CHG Determining Rent Sample Procedure (Word)
- CHG Rent Limit Sample Policy (Word)
- CHG Payment Standards to Determine Rent Limit Sample Policies (Word)
- CHG Habitability Complaint Process Sample Policy (Word)
Additional resources, trainings and technical assistance
This section presents additional resources and trainings from organizations outside Commerce and have been organized by intervention type or service.
- Crisis Response, National Alliance to End Homelessness
- Housing problem Solving: From Diversion to Rapid Exit and Beyond, National Alliance to End Homelessness (Video)
- Effective Street Outreach: From Unsheltered to Housed, National Alliance to End Homelessness (Video)
- Vets@Home Toolkit: Effective Homeless Crisis Response Systems for Veterans (PDF)
- Built For Zero: A Movement to Measurably and Equitably End Homelessness
- Resources. Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Targeted Homelessness Prevention: Stemming the Inflow (Video)
- Eviction Prevention: Strategies for Supporting Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
- Eviction Prevention: A Toolkit for Tenants and Service Providers
- Federal Homelessness Prevention Framework, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Service delivery technical assistance
The materials in this section focus on research, strategies, principles, and evidence-based practices related to delivering services to people experiencing housing instability or homelessness.
- SPARC – Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities Research Project (PDF)
- How to be an Indigenous Ally Tool Kit (PDF)
- Heartshift Collaborative Project- The Guide to Allyship
- TED Talk- “Don’t call people out – – call them in,” Loretta J. Ross (Video)
- Measuring Love in the Journey for Justice: A Brown Paper written by Brown People (PDF)
- Rainbow Alliance and Inclusion Network (RAIN) Resources
- Targeted Universalism; Policy and Practice Resources & Videos
- Divorcing White Supremacy Culture
- Awake to Work to Work Resources
- Advancing Racial Justice in Our Policies, Institutions and Culture
Performance measurement and management resources
Below are links to web pages that provide more information on the Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) administered by Commerce, and the overall approach to managing Homeless System Performance.
Other resources
Below are some additional resources that grantees and subgrantees may find useful when administering and implementing programs funded by CHG.
- Common Questions & Answers About Homelessness (PDF)
- Building the Public and Political Will for Ending Homelessness and Creating Communities Rich with Abundant Housing: A CaseMaking Playbook for Leaders Everywhere (PDF)
- The Four Fundamental Principles of Human-Centered Design and Application
