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Building Homes on Faith-Based Owned Land: State-led Approaches to Increasing Housing Supply

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) have long provided essential social services, and their role has become even more important in recent years as homelessness, food insecurity, and other needs have grown. Cities like Atlanta and San Antonio are providing technical assistance to FBOs interested in developing housing.

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Using Disaggregated Data to Improve Delivery of Homelessness Services and Housing

NLC (National League of Cities)

Co-authored by Lina Choe, Housing and Community Development Intern at the National League of Cities By harnessing improved data collection, cities can more effectively reach homeless residents and deliver essential social services and housing.

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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

Social Security cards, birth certificates, and proof of disability are crucial for accessing services and applying for housing. If this individual remained in custody, they could have lost their bed in the shelter, requiring a restart of their journey towards being permanently housed.

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Improving Access to Benefits Through Digital Government: A Roadmap

State Tech Magazine

Some of the most commonly used citizen services are also the most important: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other food benefits, housing assistance, social services and childcare support help people in the most intimate and profound ways.

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Community safety partnership for MacArthur Park in Los Angeles?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some time ago, I learned about how the LA Police Department in association with the Housing Authority, created what they called a community safety partnership, to put officers full time in high crime housing projects. The need for police + social services = community safety partnership.

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4 ways AWS can help states transform healthcare for incarcerated individuals

AWS Public Sector Blog

To tackle the fragmentation of healthcare services, the new CMS guidance promotes improved care coordination. Through integrated medical, behavioral, and social services, incarcerated individuals can receive more comprehensive care that better addresses their needs.

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UC Davis, VALID AI and Google Cloud collaborate to overcome SDOH Challenges with generative AI

Google Public Sector

cars, bus, metro) and automatically trigger booking of rideshare services for appointments or refer them to local transportation resources. Housing : A patient’s housing status - either without housing or inconsistent housing (housing insecure) - ,can impact health outcomes significantly.

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