The Key to Home Partnership and Catholic Charities have launched a pilot program to help people avoid entering emergency shelters and to move those already in shelters back into housing.
The Diversion and Rapid Exit pilot provides short-term support to people and families who are newly homeless or at immediate risk. The goal is to find safe alternatives to shelter whenever possible and to shorten shelter stays for those who enter.
“By intervening early and helping people quickly reconnect with safe alternatives, we can reduce the number of people entering homelessness, which will free up resources for people with more complex needs,” said Jamie Caves, strategy implementation manager for the Key to Home Partnership…