Introduction to Shelter Diversion – Homelessness Learning Hub
Build skills and strategies to quickly divert individuals from shelters into safe housing alternatives.
In response to the growing homelessness crisis, there have been urgent calls to build more shelters. Yet, emergency shelters offer only a temporary solution for people experiencing homelessness. Overcrowding, limited supports, and a lack of culturally responsive services often trap people in homelessness, leading to long-term housing instability. Shelter diversion aims to help individuals and families quickly find safe housing alternatives, reducing their need for shelter services and preventing chronic homelessness.
What You Can Expect:
Integrate Shelter Diversion with Community Homelessness Strategies: You’ll learn essential shelter diversion practices and service delivery approaches to enable individuals and families to avoid entry to shelter.
Level Up Your Shelter Diversion Program: You’ll explore timely, solutions-focused interventions and flexible, holistic supports to get results that are effective and sustainable.
Hands-on, Problem Based Learning: You’ll gain insights from shelter diversion programs across Canada which will help guide implementation in your community.
Who Should Take This Training?
Community service providers – you want to learn from real examples and gain insights to start or strengthen shelter diversion in your community.
Funders and policymakers – you want to learn how shelter diversion offers a cost-effective approach to decrease shelter stays and reduce the strain on homeless services.
This training includes:
4 Interactive lessons
3 case examples to illustrate practices
Self-assessment, feedback and reflection
Course certificate upon completion
Participants typically complete this self-paced course in about 3 hours.
To register: HomelessnessLearningHub – ISD
