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Built For Zero

Our community has joined over 100 others to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-reoccurring through the Built for Zero movement.

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Our Built for Zero Initiative

Our Kansas City Built for Zero Initiative started in October 2023 with the goal of solving veteran homelessness.

Overall Goal: Solving Veteran Homelessness by Nov. 2027

To get there:

Achieve Veteran Quality Data - COMPLETED 20%

Reduction in Veteran Homelessness by Nov. 2025 - COMPLETED

Ending Chronic Veteran Homelessness by Nov. 2026

Focus on unsheltered veterans so there is a bed for every vet

We have also been a part of the Kansas Statewide Built for Zero initiative and are working to achieve Quality Data for all single adults in Wyandotte County.

Accomplishments

Data infrastructure improvements - Developed a comprehensive BNL using 3+ data sources and tracks active/inactive/housed status' effectively

Instituted Veteran Case Conferencing on a weekly basis

Documented outreach coverage and started work on an outreach map to show how teams are deployed across the CoC

Increased outreach coordination, collaboration, and training

Drafted the By Name Data Operations manual as a starting point for developing other BND policies/procedures and for documenting a shared understanding of comprehensive BNL

Reduced siloing and increased collaboration

Achieved Quality Data for veteran population!

Reduced overall veteran homelessness by 20% in 12 months as of Nov. 2025

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