*New* King County Evidence Matters Webinar on Homelessness (August 28)

Posted: 8/21/2025 ()

CSDE affiliates you are invited to join the Evidence Matters webinar on August 28 at noon.  Hosted by King County, J-PAL North America, and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunity at Notre Dame, the webinar will focus on homelessness prevention.   From Evidence to Action: Translating Homelessness Prevention Across Communities will demonstrate how targeted, rapid, flexible financial assistance prevents homelessness—and saves communities money. With rising housing insecurity and strained budgets, it’s critical to act on what works. But every community is different.  How can we take a proven solution from one community and make it work in another?

 

From Evidence to Action: Translating Homelessness Prevention Across Communities

The evidence is clear:  targeted, rapid, flexible financial assistance prevents homelessness—and saves communities money. With rising housing insecurity and strained budgets, it’s critical to act on what works. But every community is different.  How can we take a proven solution from one community and make it work in another?

 

Join your webinar hosts Carrie S. Cihak (King County Evidence & Impact Office) and Vincent Quan (J-PAL North America Co-Director) on Aug. 28 for a conversation on moving from evidence to impact in homelessness prevention.

 

Our panelists David Phillips (LEO), Chad Bojorquez (Destination : Home), Jessica Orozco (Santa Clara County OSH), and Alyson Moon (Mary’s Place) will share lessons from building collaborative partnerships that turn research into practical solutions for preventing homelessness. Using Santa Clara County’s homelessness prevention system as a case study, we’ll discuss how local governments can replicate evidence-based models in their own contexts utilizing the Homelessness Prevention System Toolkit—a step-by-step guide, co-created by researchers, policymakers and practitioners— that equips leaders across the country to build and launch their own homelessness prevention system.

You’ll learn:

• How evidence-based prevention models can translate across varied community settings
• Why partnerships between research, policy and practice are critical to building impactful, sustainable systems
• How the HPS Toolkit provides a flexible blueprint for rapid, effective deployment and how the Right at Home initiative aims to prevent homelessness nationwide

 

Thurs, Aug 28, 2025

• 3:00-4:15 PM ET / 12:00-1:15 PM PT
  Part of the Evidence Matters series hosted by King County, LEO, and J-PAL North America.
• Register here!