An end to homelessness means that every community will have a comprehensive response in place that ensures homelessness is prevented whenever possible, or if it can’t be prevented, it is a rare, brief, and one-time experience.
Specifically, every community will have the capacity to:
USICH and our member agencies have developed specific criteria and benchmarks in order to help guide communities as they take action. Criteria represent the essential elements of a community’s response, while benchmarks serve as measurements that a community can use to evaluate its overall effectiveness.