Publications & Research

Homeless Network of Yakima County

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Reports and Needs Assessments

Homelessness

• National Alliance to End Homelessness
  
  • The State of Homelessness in America - 2016
    
• Washington State Department of Commerce
  
  • Homelessness in Washington State - 2016
    

• Washington State Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection Programs
  • Office of Homeless Youth 2016 Report 
    
    • 2018 Progress Report
      
• A Way Home Washington and the Washington State Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection
  
  • Youth Homelessness in Washington, A Landscape Scan, 2016
    
• Voices of Youth Count
  
  • Missed Opportunities: Youth Homelessness in Rural America, 2018
    
• Office of the Washington State Auditor
  
  • Opportunities to Better Identify and Serve K-12 Students Experiencing Homelessness
    

Affordable Housing

• National Low-Income Housing Coalition
  
  • Washington Housing Profile - 2018 
    
  • The Gap - A shortage of Affordable Homes - 2017
    
  • Out of Reach - 2017 - Interactive Web Site
    
• Washington State Department of Commerce
  
  • Washington State Housing Needs Assessment - Yakima County Profile - 2015
    

Strategic Plans

• United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
  
  • Home Together: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness - 2018
    
  • Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness - 2015
    
• Washington State Department of Commerce
  
  • State of Washington Homeless Housing Strategic Plan -2018
    
• City of Yakima
  
  • We are Yakima - Comprehensive Plan 2040
    

Coordinated Entry Guidance

• State Guidelines
  • Washington State Department of Commerce Coordinate Entry Guidelines - 2019
• Local Guidelines
  
  • Yakima County Coordinated Entry: 8-4-2020
  • Yakima County Coordinated Entry: 6-8-2020
  •  Yakima County Coordinated Entry: 5-6-2020