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		<title>Back to Basics – What Exactly is Housing First &amp; Rapid Re-Housing?</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/05/15/back-to-basics-what-exactly-is-housing-first-rapid-re-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing First]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing First 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Supports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[introduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rapid Re-Housing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of the time I find “Housing First” and “Rapid Re-Housing” to be misused terms. Below I briefly outline the definitions and service components to each. When asked to assist organizations or communities realign their service delivery to be more effective or to evaluate their housing programs, this is the understanding of Housing First <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/05/15/back-to-basics-what-exactly-is-housing-first-rapid-re-housing/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>There’s A Difference Between Wanting to End Homelessness and Committing to End Homelessness</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/05/01/theres-a-difference-between-wanting-to-end-homelessness-and-committing-to-end-homelessness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/05/01/theres-a-difference-between-wanting-to-end-homelessness-and-committing-to-end-homelessness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[want]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you work in the homeless service sector you should have a very simple career goal – to put yourself out of a job. I have this belief that homeless and housing support services exist to end homelessness. They don’t exist to make people in human services feel good about themselves. They don’t exist to <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/05/01/theres-a-difference-between-wanting-to-end-homelessness-and-committing-to-end-homelessness/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vacuum Sales and Organizational Reporting</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/04/26/vacuum-sales-and-organizational-reporting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/04/26/vacuum-sales-and-organizational-reporting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raymond Carver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vibrant Organizations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I lived in a Fine Arts Residence 20 or so years ago, I saw, heard and read all sorts of weird and wonderful things that I don’t think I would have ever experienced in any other setting. One of those experiences was a weekly group reading of Raymond Carver’s 1976 collection of short stories <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/04/26/vacuum-sales-and-organizational-reporting/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>5 Questions Organizations and Communities Must Ask to Improve Service and Themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/04/05/5-questions-organizations-and-communities-must-ask-to-improve-service-and-themselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/04/05/5-questions-organizations-and-communities-must-ask-to-improve-service-and-themselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adapt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complacency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service orientation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vibrant Organizations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love the work we get to do with specific organizations and communities to help them make the change in becoming even better at their work. In the back of my mind, as I do this work, there are several questions that I try to have answered, and I encourage you to reflect on your <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/04/05/5-questions-organizations-and-communities-must-ask-to-improve-service-and-themselves/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greatness is a Shared Responsibility: Why Collaboration is Important</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/23/greatness-is-a-shared-responsibility-why-collaboration-is-important/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/23/greatness-is-a-shared-responsibility-why-collaboration-is-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working together]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I was in Detroit for a couple of days wrapping up an assignment we had been working on with the Homeless Action Network of Detroit on Performance Management. On Tuesday, I was making a presentation to the community on the most salient points and recommendations of our final report. What struck me during <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/23/greatness-is-a-shared-responsibility-why-collaboration-is-important/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be Awesome (And if you are already, please keep at it)</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/16/be-awesome-and-if-you-are-already-please-keep-at-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/16/be-awesome-and-if-you-are-already-please-keep-at-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awesome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Rahder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DESC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ending Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faculty of Environmental Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeless Action Network of Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Mihevc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Alliance to End Homelessness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t figured out where along the way people think, “You know what would make for a great career? To work with chronically homeless people with a whole bunch of co-occurring complex issues and help them get and sustain housing.” – and then decide to do it for goodness sake. This pertains to the fine <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/16/be-awesome-and-if-you-are-already-please-keep-at-it/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Journey to Housing Stability for Chronically Homeless People</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/09/journey-to-housing-stability-for-chronically-homeless-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/09/journey-to-housing-stability-for-chronically-homeless-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For individuals that have had a long history of homelessness there is a psychological adaptation that occurs. The experience of being homeless and spending most days trying to meet basic needs becomes normal as a survival mechanism. The individual’s social network – if there is one – tends to be comprised mainly of others that <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/03/09/journey-to-housing-stability-for-chronically-homeless-people/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recidivism in a System Context</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/02/24/recidivism-in-a-system-context/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/02/24/recidivism-in-a-system-context/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was in a community where a rather large service provider proclaimed that less than 10 of the households they served in the past year experienced recidivism. I was in awe. I wanted to know more. This could be the secret sauce! The holy grail of homelessness! The Colonel’s secret recipe! But alas, it <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/02/24/recidivism-in-a-system-context/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Improving the use of Empathy in Recovery-Oriented Conversations</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/02/02/improving-the-use-of-empathy-in-recovery-oriented-conversations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/02/02/improving-the-use-of-empathy-in-recovery-oriented-conversations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision-making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Supports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery-Oriented Housing Support Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[support workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sympathy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I am unveiling our new Recovery-oriented Housing Support Training. One of the areas I felt it necessary to add more time and attention is related to the importance of expressing and exercising empathetic conversation. Being appreciative of the client’s thoughts, feelings and experience is important to meaningful support, but too often I have <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/02/02/improving-the-use-of-empathy-in-recovery-oriented-conversations/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Qualities of Some Amazing Outreach Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/01/20/qualities-of-some-amazing-outreach-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.orgcode.com/2012/01/20/qualities-of-some-amazing-outreach-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain De Jong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iain's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dignity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politeness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qualities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teamwork]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orgcode.com/?p=351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had the chance to ride along with an outreach team in Calgary. It was pretty darn cold…less than -25C with the wind chill. I love doing outreach. It takes me back to my days doing community development work and street outreach. It helps me stay grounded in that part of the reality <a href='http://www.orgcode.com/2012/01/20/qualities-of-some-amazing-outreach-workers/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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