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RFPs for Home4Good due to OHS by August 24th. – details
From Homeless to Housed – OHS’s 2017 Annual Report – View the Report
CoC Opportunities, Events and Trainings, Webinars and Resources – Details of Opportunities
Revised RFP for New Permanent Supportive Housing, Rapid Re-Housing, and Joint Transitional and Rapid Re-Housing Projects – Details of the RFP
Rapid Re-housing Reunification Program – Read the article
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Transforming Philadelphia`s Homeless System: Read Our City’s Strategic Plan
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Homeless Outreach
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Veterans Homelessness
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Philly Vets Home Coalition Hotline: 215-923-8387
Dear Friend,
I am writing today to update you on our process to create a new 5-year plan for Philadelphia’s homeless assistance system. We started in July 2017 and will release the new plan in 2018.
Philly’s homeless assistance system is comprised of an impressive network of homeless services, legal, housing, physical and behavioral health providers, and governmental entities, all working toward the same goal of making homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. The Office of Homeless Services (OHS) provides support, leadership, funding, coordination and administration to this nework, which is called the Continuum of Care.
The goal of the new plan is to amplify the impact of our work by focusing on a shared set of measurable strategies that together reduce the number of people who experience homelessness, make the experience shorter and less traumatic for those who do, and reduce the number who cycle back through our system. Read more . . .
Homeless Services
On this site you’ll find useful information on Philly’s homeless housing system including information about why people are homeless, how many and what our strategy is. We also provide information on where to go for help including a list of service providers, how to help homeless individuals, current events and stories of progress on the News page.