Rethinking Homelessness Services
The current system for addressing homelessness in the US is not working, with cities spending more on services each year yet seeing an increase in homelessness and growing public frustration.
The issue may be that the system is trying to solve too many problems at once, without effectively addressing any of them.
A New Approach
A thought experiment based on work at the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) explores what it would take to radically redesign services for people with severe mental illness living on the streets.
There are precedents from communities across the country that can inform efforts to reimagine complex systems.
What if we’re trying to solve too many problems at once with a system built to solve none of them well?
Local governments, nonprofits, and philanthropists can work together to change the current system.
Author's Summary
Rethinking homelessness services around outcomes could lead to more effective solutions.
- Current system is broken and ineffective
- Need for radical redesign of services
- Importance of collaboration among local governments, nonprofits, and philanthropists
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