It has been the goal of the Springfield Homeless Coalition to make homelessness, non-reoccurring, and short as possible. As part of this last goal we feel it is necessary to be transparent without community.
HUD has provided guidance on how to determine a group of homeless services are being effective in reducing the duration an individual is homeless. Along with guidance, HUD has provided a formula for calculating a continuum-of-care’s efficacy: The Average Length of Time Homeless, or, “System Performance Measure #1”