Important, Helpful Information for Professionals . . .

• Point in Time Count of the Homeless Population in Pinellas County (2011)
  
  
• New Plan Aims to End Child Homelessness in Florida
  On April 13, 2011 the Florida Coalition for the Homeless and The National Center's Campaign to End Child Homelessness released the Florida Plan to End Child Homelessness.  Read the Florida Plan.
  
  
• 60 Minutes report on Homeless
  Watch the 60 Minutes report - "Homeless Children: The Hard Times Generation," featuring students in Seminole County, Florida.
  
  
• Strategic Homelessness Action Plan for The Pinellas County Area: Strategic Framing Report – Phase IV of VII Phases (June, 2011)
  
  
• Point in Time Count of the Homeless Population of Pinellas County (2010)
  
  
• Five Myths About America's Homeless; Washington Post (July 11, 2010): www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070902357.html
  
  
• Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (2010): www.usich.gov/PDF/OpeningDoors_2010_FSPPreventEndHomeless.pdf
  
  
• North Pinellas County Human Services Needs Assessment (Fall 2008 – Spring 2009):
  www.uss.salvationarmy.org/uss/www_uss_clearwater.nsf/vw-text-dynamic-arrays/A30E13E423A1028D85257670006CC202?openDocument&charset=utf-8
  
  
• Unforeseen Benefits: Addiction Treatment Reduces Health Care Costs (July, 2009): http://www.soros.org/initiatives/treatmentgap/

• Pinellas Hope: Reducing Street Homelessness (October, 2008):
  A report that provides detailed information about the first five months of the temporary shelter, makes recommendations and provides the first in-depth study of this facility, which continues to operate under the auspices of Catholic Charities.
  http://www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices/pdf/hope.pdf

• Opening Doors of Opportunity: A 10-Year Plan to
  End Homelessness in Pinellas County (January, 2006):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/plan_
  end_homelessness.pdf

• An Analysis of the Cost Impacts of an Improved
  Service System for Homeless Persons (December, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/deliverable_4.pdf

• Legislative, Policy, and Funding Strategies for
  Enhancing Homeless Services (December, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/deliverable_8.pdf

• Review of Best Practice in Services, Programs, and
  Systems Related to Homelessness (December, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/deliverable_3.pdf

• Homeless Services in Pinellas County:
  A System Gap Analysis (October, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/deliverable_5.pdf

• An Analysis of Alternative Funding Sources for
  Homeless Services (September, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/
  alternative_funding.pdf

• Plan for a Health and Human Services Coordinating
  Council and Planning System to Serve Pinellas County
  (September, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf
  /plan_health_council.pdf

• Providing Leadership to Address the Issue of
  Homelessness in Pinellas County: An Analysis of
  Coordinating and Leadership Approaches (September, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/
  coordinating_model.pdf

• 2005 Pinellas County Human Services Priorities
  Conference Summary Report (March, 2005):
  www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices/pdf/
  Priorities_Conference.pdf

• Human Services in Pinellas County:
  Qualitative Data: Public Forums, Mailed Surveys,
  Focus Groups, and Interviews (January, 2005): www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices/pdf/
  Qualitative_Final_Report.pdf

• OPPAGA – Florida’s Efforts to Reduce Homelessness (January, 2005): www.oppaga.state.fl.us/reports/pdf/0501rpt.pdf

• Human Services Needs Assessment:
  Provider and Citizen Survey Results (December, 2004):
  www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices/pdf/
  Mail_Survey_Final_Report.pdf

• HUD – A Guide to Counting Unsheltered
  Homeless People (October, 2004): www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/library/countinghomeless/
  countingguide.pdf

• Miami-Dade’s Community Partnership for Homeless (October, 2004): www.pinellascounty.org/homeless-policy-group/pdf/partnership_
  for_homeless.pdf

• Human Services in Pinellas County –
  An Existing Information/Data Review (Fall, 2004): www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices/pdf/
  Exisiting_Data_Final_Report.pdf

• Social Service Needs Assessment – A National Review (July, 2004): www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices/pdf/
  Needs_Assessments_review.pdf