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HUD Webinar: State of COVID-19 (Summer 2021)

Resources for COVID-19 Homeless System Response

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) COVID-19 technical assistance (TA) providers held a webinar in August 2021 with input from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Homeless Unit to review the following items:

  1. CDC Public Health Update
  2. Situational Awareness for Local Homeless Systems
  3. Critical Infection Control Thresholds
  4. Three Things Every Community Should do Today
  5. Leveraging Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) for Response Activities
  6. Guidance, Tools, Products

The webinar slides can be shared with Continuums of Care (CoCs), provider agencies, public health departments, and other community agencies working to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 among populations experiencing homelessness.

Download the webinar slides below or here.