What Training and Resources Does the National Alliance to End Homelessness Offer?

The National Alliance to End Homelessness offers training and practical resources for people working in or around the homelessness sector, including guided and self-paced training, webinars, online training, technical assistance you can request, and downloadable assets such as toolkits, research and analysis, shareable graphics, videos, and case studies. These materials are described as being for program staff, policymakers, advocates, academics, and others. If you need to build staff capacity, find data to support a policy argument, or get hands-on help with a local program, the Alliance's Training & Resources section is the place to start.

Training opportunities

The Alliance groups its learning offerings into a few formats, so you can pick based on how much structure and scheduling you want:

• Guided and self-paced learning — training designed for the homelessness sector, letting you choose between instructor-led and independent study.
• Webinars — scheduled online sessions.
• Online training — web-based courses and materials.

How to choose a format

Technical assistance

Beyond courses, the Alliance provides a way to request technical assistance — direct support for organizations and communities working on homelessness. This is the option to use when a general training course won't answer a specific operational or systems question you're facing.

Resource library

The Training & Resources section also collects reference and communication materials:

• Toolkits and training materials — practical guides for program staff and others.
• Research and analysis — the Alliance's evidence base on homelessness.
• Shareable graphics — visuals you can reuse in your own communications.
• Videos — recorded content on homelessness topics.
• Case studies — examples of work in the field.

These are aimed at a broad audience: program staff, policymakers, advocates, and academics.

Where this fits in the Alliance's work

The training and resource offerings sit alongside the Alliance's other activities — conducting research and analysis, building the capacity of the homeless sector, ending homelessness through policy, connecting communities, building awareness and public will, and building equity into systems. If your goal is capacity building for a local organization or coalition, the training and technical assistance options are the most directly relevant.

Practical next steps

1. Go to the Training & Resources section of endhomelessness.org.
2. Decide whether you need a course (guided, self-paced, or online), a webinar, or direct help.
3. If you have a specific problem rather than a general learning need, use Request Technical Assistance.
4. If you need data or messaging material, browse the research, graphics, videos, and case studies instead.

One thing the site does not spell out in the material reviewed here: whether any training or resources carry a fee, or whether an account or login is required. Check the individual training or resource page before assuming it is free or open-access.