This is the team’s guiding light and first priority. There is a fundamental cultural shift necessary within the Omaha metro homeless response system, and this strategy supports providers and leadership within this shift, while simultaneously holding accountability for critical change on behalf of unhoused people.

Through qualitative and quantitative data gathering, such as 1-on-1 interviews, focus groups, secret shops, and already available data, our team will identify the needs and gaps in services, as well as create and offer system wide training based off identified seeds and gaps.

WHY:

• Advise and inform meaningful system change
• Stories and experiences are valuable data that drive decision making
• Lived expertise enriches our system to help drive goals and strategies
• “Nothing about us without us”: decisions within the system should always include impacted individuals
• Empowers and supports unhoused individuals to meet their needs

The Housing Stability Program helps individuals and families experiencing homelessness in our community by emphasizing prevention, diversion and rapid exit. Through a human-centered approach, Reimagine Housing Stability Specialists will ensure that each person experiencing homelessness has a say in identifying goals and needs through shared accountability. The goal is to empower clients to tap into their own strengths and encourage connection to supports and wrap-around services to achieve long-term housing stability.