Community Response Resources

Tools, Policies & Templates for Addressing Unsheltered Homelessness

We encourage nonprofit organizations and government agencies to freely reproduce, share and customize the tools, template and policies listed here. These documents were developed by CSH, based on materials created by Project HOME and the City of Philadelphia, as open source documents for use by any community, agency or organization without attribution to the authors required.

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