Determining Housing Needs for DV/SV Survivors: A Decision Tree as an Alternative to a Score Sheet
The idea behind prioritizing the most vulnerable homeless people into limited housing is laudable, yet communities struggle with how to equitably and fairly implement coordinated entry. Communities continue to seek a brief and easy-to-use scoring tool that reliably ranks people’s vulnerabilities and documents their needs. A frequently used tool is the VI-SPDAT, which has serious limitations. In this webinar, the presenters offer a more promising solution that involves brief, focused conversations with survivors guided by a trauma-informed, survivor-centered decision tree.
