Homelessness Education Technical Assistance Center
The Supportive Housing Providers Association (SHPA) of Illinois is an organization dedicated to promoting and advocating for quality supportive housing in the state. This type of housing combines affordable living with essential supportive services, aiming to help vulnerable individuals and families achieve stability in their lives. By collaborating with housing providers, developers, and other stakeholders, SHPA ensures that people in need have access to housing and services tailored to their unique circumstances. Through initiatives like training and technical assistance, SHPA empowers its members and partners to offer the highest standards of supportive housing.
OVERVIEW
Now is an important time for homeless services and supportive housing providers in Illinois. Both unprecedented needs and political will to provide emergency and long-term housing solutions, new funding models, and adapting the local crisis response concepts to immigrant-serving networks. It is an era of capacity building and growth that has only been made possible through the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, established in 2021. This new office spurred the creation of the Illinois Homelessness, Education, and Technical Assistance (HETA) Center. First funded in FY23 (2022) to support the implementation of initiatives tied to Governor Pritzker’s Executive Order to Fight Homelessness and the subsequent Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, the HETA Center is sponsored by SHPA, who manages the state annual allocation and provides project development and oversight for partners.
Inaugural Projects Include:
- Housing Assistance Council, Rural Homelessness Report
- Community Solutions Statewide Data Quality Initiative
- Re!nstitute Rural 100-Day Challenge
- Urban Labs Statewide Homelessness Prevention Dashboard and Guaranteed Income Pilot
- CSH Medicaid Supportive Housing Services Budget Planning
- Illinois State Police Homelessness Guidebook
- Statewide Training Summit
Coming soon!