Home Sweet Home: Building Collaborations to Keep Families Together Book

Learn how working together with housing agencies can be an effective and inexpensive way to support families

Home Sweet Home can help child welfare agencies and housing agencies build strong collaborations that improve services for families in both systems. It describes successful models for linking subsidized housing with supportive social services and bringing healthcare providers into the mix, so families have access to primary care, mental health care, and other essential services. It describes ways to prioritize federal housing subsidies for families identified by a child welfare agency, including the Family Unification Program. It also highlights innovative state programs that house and support families.