Center for Learning

The only thing that ends homelessness is housing. In this course, learn the basics of Rapid Re-Housing (RRH), an evidence-based best practice for connecting people experiencing homelessness with permanent housing and supporting them in their path toward housing stability. This course will be helpful for anyone establishing, improving, working within, or preparing to work within an RRH program.  Anyone enrolled in any Center for Learning course is invited to a live online office hour every month. Some office hours are opportunities to ask questions about material in our courses; others focus on emerging issues or specific populations. We offer a variety of discounts: see our FAQ page. Questions? Email learning@naeh.org.  Read more

People who have experienced homelessness have often endured multiple severe traumas. In fact, homelessness itself is traumatic. So homeless response organizations must take a trauma-informed approach. Trauma-informed care can help clients stabilize in housing more quickly and can build resilience for both clients and staff. This course explores the six principles of trauma-informed care and how to implement them. It’s designed for anyone who works or would like to work in homeless response. Anyone enrolled in any Center for Learning course is invited to a live online office hour every month. Some office hours are opportunities to ask questions about material in our courses; others focus on emerging issues or specific populations. We offer a variety of discounts: see our FAQ page. Questions? Email learning@naeh.org.  Read more

Supercharge your outreach through community partnerships. Persons living unsheltered are especially vulnerable. Learn how to reach them, build a system-level strategy, and get some partners. Courses in this series cover: Strategies for outreach staff to build strong connections with people experiencing homelessness Strategies for recruiting partners from outside the homeless response system Coordinating across the system to ensure clients have good outcomes   This course is intended for staff, managers, and directors in homeless outreach programs. Read more

People of color are disproportionately impacted by homelessness. Learn why and what we can do about it. Courses in the learning series cover the historical and structural causes of racial disparities in homelessness to examining the data on racial disparities to taking action to address those disparities. And while the content varies across courses, the Learning Series as a whole is designed to help you better understand how all of the pieces of the puzzle fit together to build a more equitable response to homelessness across communities. This course is intended for homeless services providers or staff in related fields, such as healthcare, criminal justice, recovery, disaster response, child welfare, government, and many others, or for anyone who'd like to learn more about why homelessness disproportionately impacts people of color and what we can do about it.  Read more

Homelessness doesn’t impact everyone equally. Some communities are more likely to experience homelessness due to systemic and ongoing racism, discrimination, and disinvestment. To understand how this is playing out in your own community, you’ll need to deploy your community’s data. This course is designed for anyone who works or wants to work in homeless response. This is the second course in our three-course Racial Equity Action Series. You can enroll in the entire series at the Center for Learning home page, or you can take them individually. Anyone enrolled in any Center for Learning course is invited to a live online office hour every month. Some office hours are opportunities to ask questions about material in our courses; others focus on emerging issues or specific populations. We offer a variety of discounts: see our FAQ page. Questions? Email learning@naeh.org.  Read more

Homelessness doesn’t impact everyone equally. Some communities are more likely to experience homelessness due to systemic and ongoing racism, discrimination, and disinvestment. But why? This course will explore that question through the lens of the history of one marginalized group. It’s designed for anyone who wants to understand homelessness better. This is the first course in our three-course Racial Equity Learning Series. You can enroll in the whole series all at once at our Center for Learning front page, or you can take the courses individually. Anyone enrolled in any Center for Learning course is invited to a live online office hour every month. Some office hours are opportunities to ask questions about material in our courses; others focus on emerging issues or specific populations. We offer a variety of discounts: see our FAQ page. Questions? Email learning@naeh.org.  Read more