Letters: Bay Area homeless advocates must pool their resources
Briefly

Nonprofits are facing a significant challenge in addressing homelessness due to their siloed operations, which leads to varied key performance indicators and missed opportunities for cooperation. This article advocates for a unified care pathway, where technology can facilitate collaboration among organizations, improve resource management, and ultimately enhance outcomes. By establishing a secure system for tracking efforts collectively, nonprofits can make informed decisions that will lead to better solutions for those at risk of homelessness.
Despite tireless efforts by mission-driven nonprofits, the homelessness crisis remains stubbornly persistent largely because we're solving in silos. Each organization measures success using its own key performance indicators, without a systemwide lens.
Imagine if we could define a universal care pathway from at risk to housed, assign key performance indicators to each step, and map nonprofit efforts accordingly. With today's technology, we can build a secure, unified dashboard.
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