Common use of Housing Plans Clause in Contracts

Housing Plans. Shelter Providers must work with participants to create a housing plan within 30-days of admission to the shelter. Plans should focus on finding permanent housing for each participant and the staff and programs that will be supporting them in their goals. If a participant is unable or refuses to complete a housing plan, that must be documented. Housing plans must identify the participant’s needs, goals, actions to be taken, and progress towards goals. The housing plan must be focused on working with participants to have a positive shelter stay that is as short as possible. The housing plan must be updated as the participant’s needs and/or goals shift, and as progress is completed towards their goals. Program staff must continue to engage participants who do not progress towards their housing goals. Engagement to participants not progressing must occur no less than once every two weeks, and must be documented.