Faces of Homelessness

What is the Income Now Initiative?

A housing program.

A program for people who are unemployed.

Connect homeless people with income to secure and maintain housing by working with providers to obtain employment as quickly as possible.

A program to reduce homelessness.

If you have a customer experiencing homelessness, what steps would you take to assist the customer? Check all that apply.

Refer to 211.

Refer customer to a Regional Navigator.

Complete an assessment and make appropriate referrals based on customer needs.

Refer customer to a Coordinated Access Shelter.

What is Coordinated Access? Check all that apply.

A way a customer can be referred to Income Now.

An Emergency Shelter.

A delivery system to reduce homelessness.

A housing assessment to match people experiencing homelessness with appropriate housing.

Check all that may be referred to a Coordinated Access hub:

Someone fleeing domestic violence.

Someone who is living in a car, abandoned building, or tent.

Someone who is "couch surfing" with friends and family.

Someone who is living in a hotel.

What is the role of the Regional Navigators working with the Income Now initiative? Check all that apply.

Following up with customers experiencing homelessness after staff have provided assistance.

Supporting staff to better assist people experiencing homelessness with resources and employment services.

First point of contact for people in the offices who are experiencing homelessness.

Supporting community partners with Workforce Solutions resources.

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