Global homelessness is an urgent and solvable issue that directly intersects with many other sectors and systems, including healthcare, the carceral and social justice system, environmental sustainability, and more. Coordinated efforts within the homelessness sector coupled with cross-sector collaboration is critical to understanding specific needs of people experiencing homelessness, implementing data to improve policies and strategies, and developing permanent, supportive services across sectors. Here are ways that we can connect and work together through our three pillars of work — advocacy for international policy on homelessness, global partnerships and inclusive knowledge exchange.
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Advocating for international policy focused on defining and measuring homelessness
Partnering with communities around the world eager to take action to solve homelessness
Exchanging knowledge with practitioners and stakeholders to inform work
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Collaborate
IGH leads programs and initiatives and global convenings designed to draw connections between global successes, scale best practices among practitioners, and accelerate progress in reducing and ending homelessness. If you would like to get involved and join our global network, please complete the expression of interest form linked below.
Vanguard Program
The Vanguard Program partners IGH with communities around the world to provide support in advancing their strategies, data collection, and program implementation. Through this program, IGH provides targeted technical assistance to help cities, states and countries meet both their quantitative and qualitative goals to prevent, reduce and/or end homelessness in their local contexts.
Learn more here: https://ighomelessness.org/vanguard-program/
International Mayors Council on Homelessness
The International Mayors Council on Homelessness creates a forum for mayors and council members to discuss the most pressing challenges and evidence on what works to prevent and/or end global homelessness The Mayor’s Council is open to any mayor who is committed to take action on homelessness, whether they are in the beginning stages of their homelessness work or have a proven record of effectively addressing homelessness.
Learn more here: https://ighomelessness.org/mayorscouncil/
Community of Impact
The Community of Impact (CoI) is a space for researchers, practitioners, stakeholders, advocates, etc. to connect virtually and share information and resources with each other to inform their work. The CoI webinar series convenes experts to engage in robust discussions about curated topics in homelessness and intersecting topics, providing members with a unique opportunity for peer learning with practitioners from around round the world . This initiative connects a global community of people with a shared passion for solving homelessness and intersecting systemic issues who seek knowledge exchange and peer learning.
Learn more here: https://ighomelessness.org/igh-online-community-of-impact/
Leadership Symposium
The IGH Leadership Symposium aims to support emerging leaders in the homelessness sector through convenings focused on skill-building; team leadership; building your local network of stakeholders; mapping local resource and fundraising opportunities; problem solving; testing and improving new ideas; and analyzing local data to become more effective at reducing homelessness. This program is also designed to help practitioners solve challenges related to their work to prevent and/or end homelessness in their context.
Learn more here: https://ighomelessness.org/supporting-leadership/
International Journal on Homelessness (IJOH)
The International Journal on Homelessness (IJOH) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal focused on promoting and advancing scholarly communications and academic discourse among all sectors regarding preventing and ending homelessness locally and globally. IGH supports the operations of IJOH and sits on the journal’s editorial board. Its biennial conference is organized and co-hosted by the International Journal on Homelessness and the Institute of Global Homelessness and convenes up to 400 experts from all over the world for inclusive knowledge exchange on preventing, reducing, and ending homelessness.
Learn more here: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/ijoh/about#aimsandscope
DePaul University
IGH values being a part of the DePaul University community. We partner with DePaul faculty, staff and students to develop various projects and initiatives. Through these collaborations, DePaul faculty, staff and students help us meet our goals to address gaps in knowledge while we support them in reaching their learning goals. We have complete joint projects related to research and writing and have planned major convenings related to homelessness and intersecting issues. If you would like to collaborate, please email us at info@ighomelessness.org.
If you would like to contribute to IGH’s work through the Fund for IGH at DePaul University, please make a gift here: https://secure.alumni.depaul.edu/s/1906/19/interior.aspx?sid=1906&gid=2&pgid=954&cid=2837&dids=116.
We greatly appreciate your contribution!
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We are committed to continuous learning and constructive dialogue with our global community to help ensure we drive an equitable and inclusive movement to prevent and end global homelessness. We welcome your feedback on our work. Email us at info@ighomelessness.org.