Housing and Homelessness

Youth and Young Adults

100-Day Challenges are an onramp to the movement to prevent and end homelessness among youth and young adults in the United States. We have partnered with the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Youth Forum on Homelessness, and HomeBase, among others, to launch 100-Day Challenges with communities across the country. So far, 45 communities have completed 100-Day Challenges to prevent and end youth homelessness - resulting in 3,971 youth and young adults being safely and stably housed!

Veterans

In March 2014, we helped launch a multi-year, multi-agency effort to help 25 communities across the United States to end Veteran Homelessness by December 2015. The 25 Cities Initiative was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and we were honored to partner with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, Community Solutions, Atlas Research, and local community partners in working to meet this ambitious, yet believable goal.

• The initiative concluded in September 2016 but contributed significantly to the recent progress in ending Veteran homelessness, housing a total of 29,499 veterans.
• The number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the 25 cities decreased by 47% from 2013 to 2016, compared with a 27% decrease in other non-participating cities in the US.

California

In December of 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a 100-Day Challenge Initiative for California Cities & Counties to Fight Homelessness, in part due to the success 100-Day Challenges have made in accelerating efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness and in tackling Veteran and chronic homelessness across the country. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more critical than ever to address this issue, especially given that those experiencing homelessness are the most vulnerable and at risk. To date, 15 communities in California have embarked on 100-Day Challenges under this initiative, resulting in safe and stable housing for 1,907 people. The most recent cohort, which focused on housing outcomes for people exiting Project Roomkey, saw, on average, a 35% increase over baseline performance by the end of 100 days.