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Founded in 2003, KSHC is a nonprofit that partners with communities across Kansas to provide advocacy, education, and collaboration, working to ensure homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring. Collaborative applicant for the Balance of State Continuum of Care (BOS COC), dedicated to ending homelessness in Kansas with an emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

09/18/2026

For the first time, all nine Kansas Balance of State regions are reporting to a Built for Zero dashboard.

That sounds procedural. It isn't. Before this, statewide visibility into regional homelessness trends was patchy — some regions had detailed month-to-month data; others had almost none, and there was no shared place to see it together.

Having a dashboard that is updated monthly, we now have increased transparency in the scope of homelessness across the Kansas Balance of State CoC. This allows key players across the state, including local officials, state agencies, and the homeless response system to review trends and find and test solutions to ending homelessness.

Over the course of FY2025-26, two regions reached a full twelve months of dashboard reporting, and the remaining seven established baseline tracking.

Every region now has a starting line. That's what makes the next year measurable.

Interested in seeing your region's BfZ dashboard? Visit kshomeless.com for more information!

Built for Zero runs on something called a by-name list.A by-name list is a real-time, continuously updated record of eve...
09/12/2026

Built for Zero runs on something called a by-name list.

A by-name list is a real-time, continuously updated record of every person known to be experiencing homelessness in a community — updated as people enter the system, move into housing, or return. Not a headcount taken once a year. A working list.

That's the difference between measuring homelessness and managing it. A count tells you the size of the problem. A by-name list tells you who needs a door today, and whether last month's work moved anyone.

You cannot house a number. You can house a person whose name, situation, and next step your system actually knows.

Building that capacity across nine regions is what Built for Zero looks like in Kansas.

Contact your regional coordinator TODAY to get the people you serve into the system and learn more about our Built for Zero initiative!

09/10/2026

In April 2025, Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition partnered with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) to join a national movement called Built for Zero.

Built for Zero is led by Community Solutions, a national non-profit. More than 100 cities and counties use it to measurably reduce homelessness for entire populations — by building real-time, by-name data rather than estimating once a year.

Through FY2025-26, regional coordinators across rural Kansas anchored that work — driving provider engagement, improving data quality, and building Built for Zero practices into the local infrastructure that already existed rather than bolting on something new.

This month we're walking through what that looks like in Kansas: the data, the goals, and how our regional coordinators are finding the barriers across the regions.

Find out more at kshomeless.com | https://community.solutions/built-for-zero/the-movement/

262 people. That's how many were experiencing chronic homelessness in the Kansas Balance of State CoC on the night of Ja...
09/08/2026

262 people. That's how many were experiencing chronic homelessness in the Kansas Balance of State CoC on the night of January 28, 2026 — about 23% of the 1,135 people counted.

HUD specifically defines Chronic Homelessness as: "a person with a disability who has been homeless for at least 12 months straight — or at least four times totaling 12 months in the past three years."

This population is tracked separately because of their needs being the most complex and their time without housing is the longest. The response required is different — longer-term, service-rich interventions rather than short-term assistance.

Learn and see more data on our website!
KSHC 2026 PIT Count Report | kshomeless.com

Every number we've shared over the past month started in the same place: HMIS.The Homeless Management Information System...
09/03/2026

Every number we've shared over the past month started in the same place: HMIS.

The Homeless Management Information System is the database CoC-funded programs use to record who they're serving and what they're providing. HUD requires every Continuum of Care to maintain one.

In the Kansas Balance of State CoC, that data is what makes the Gap Analysis possible — providers enter it, and the analysis surfaces where capacity falls short of need.

Source: KSHC 2025 Gap Analysis | HUD Exchange – HMIS | hudexchange.info

Kansas landlords — we want to hear from you.KSHC is hosting virtual Landlord Engagement Focus Groups this September, and...
09/01/2026

Kansas landlords — we want to hear from you.

KSHC is hosting virtual Landlord Engagement Focus Groups this September, and your perspective is what makes them work. Come share what renting in Kansas actually looks like from your side: what's working, what gets in the way, and what would make it easier to partner on housing.

Northern Kansas — Tuesday, Sept. 15 | 10:00–11:00 AM
Southern Kansas — Wednesday, Sept. 16 | 10:00–11:00 AM

One hour, virtual, and your input shapes how we build landlord engagement across the state going forward.

RSVP: https://kshc.fillout.com/landlordfocusgroup — or scan the QR code on the flyer.

08/28/2026

How far does a fixed income go in the Kansas rental market?

The Technical Assistance Collaborative's Priced Out report compares Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to rental costs in every federally defined housing market area.

The 2026 figures:
KANSAS STATEWIDE — SSI $994.00/month
Efficiency: 86% of SSI | One-bedroom: 93% of SSI
KANSAS NON-METRO — SSI $994.00/month
Efficiency: 68% of SSI | One-bedroom: 72% of SSI

NATIONAL — SSI $1,036.11/month
Efficiency: 137% of SSI | One-bedroom: 147% of SSI

Within Kansas, one-bedroom costs ranged from 67% of the SSI payment in the Cherokee County housing market area to 120% in the Kansas City area.
For reference, HUD considers housing affordable at no more than 30% of income.

Source: Technical Assistance Collaborative, Priced Out (2026), June 2026 | tacinc.org

On the night of January 28, 2026, Kansas counted 3,107 people experiencing homelessness. 2,180 sheltered, 927 unsheltere...
08/26/2026

On the night of January 28, 2026, Kansas counted 3,107 people experiencing homelessness. 2,180 sheltered, 927 unsheltered, across 2,595 households.

In the Kansas Balance of State CoC — 101 counties, nine regions — the count was 1,135 people. That included 262 people experiencing chronic homelessness, 70 veterans, and 66 unaccompanied youth.

Statewide, the total rose 17% from 2025. Context matters here: count night fell during a historic Arctic outbreak, with wind chills of -20°F to -30°F. Several communities opened temperature-triggered cold weather shelters that wouldn't have been operating, or counted, in a milder January.

Source: KSHC 2026 PIT Count Report | kshomeless.com

Every January, Kansas counts.The Point-in-Time count is an annual census HUD requires of every Continuum of Care, conduc...
08/21/2026

Every January, Kansas counts.

The Point-in-Time count is an annual census HUD requires of every Continuum of Care, conducted during the last ten days of January. It captures people staying in shelters, transitional housing, vehicles, encampments, and other places not meant for human habitation.

KSHC organizes the count across the 101 counties of the Balance of State — recruiting and training volunteers, refining the survey, and analyzing the results alongside our partners.

It's a snapshot, not the whole picture. A single night can't capture everyone, and the count is understood to miss people who are doubled up or staying in motels.

Next week: what the 2026 count found.

Source: KSHC 2026 PIT Count Report | HUD Exchange https://1l.ink/NBG6GF6

2,393 people. 1,726 households.That's who the Kansas Balance of State CoC identified through Coordinated Entry between O...
08/19/2026

2,393 people. 1,726 households.

That's who the Kansas Balance of State CoC identified through Coordinated Entry between October 2024 and September 2025.

Coordinated Entry is the standardized front door of the homeless response system. HUD requires every Continuum of Care to operate one. It works in four parts: access, assessment, prioritization, and referral.

Here's why it matters. Before Coordinated Entry, someone seeking help might contact a dozen agencies and repeat their story every time. Coordinated Entry means the first door you walk through doesn't determine the help you get.

Source: KSHC 2025 Gap Analysis | HUD Exchange | hudexchange.info

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