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The guide outlines the purpose of shelter guidelines within the crisis response system, shared guiding principles, stabilization goals, and shelter performance outcomes. It covers admittance and intake review policies, referral processes, required documentation, conflict handling, grievances, warnings, and termination. It also specifies housing planning and search support, length of stay and extension rules, transfer procedures, client feedback, follow-up, and participation requirements for FSC shelters.","Orange County Family Shelter Network and Family Solutions Collaborative  \nShared Guidelines for Family Shelters  \nPublished:  \nJanuary 2020  \nUpdated October 2021  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis Guide was prepared through a multi-agency collaborative process convened by the Family Solutions Collaborative. Authors of the initial Guide (with approval from the FSC Executive Committee) were:  \nYvette Ahlstrom, Illumination Foundation  \nCarrie Buck, Homeless Intervention Services OC (HIS OC)  \nNishtha Mohendra, Pathways of Hope Soledad  \nRivera, Family Solutions Collaborative  \nAssistance in the development process was provided by Katharine Gale Consulting. Special thanks to First 5 Orange County Children and Families Commission and HomeAid Orange County for their support of this work.  \nAs we identify best-practices and the needs of our community change, this document may, from time to time, be updated to reflect this information.  \nIn October of 2021, updates were made to this Guide, with approval from the FSC Executive Committee. Please see page the last page of this document for the updated information.  \nThe October 2021 Shelter Guideline Review Committee members were:  \nYvette Ahlstrom, HomeAid  \nElizabeth Andrade, Family Assistance Ministries (FAM)  \nCarrie Buck, Homeless Intervention Services OC (HIS OC) Nikki Buckstead, Family Solutions Collaborative Nishtha Mohendra, Families Forward  \nKatherine Rodriguez, Family Solutions Collaborative  \nFor more information about the Family Solutions Collaborative Shared Family Shelter Guidelines or permission to use any portion of this document, please include request or  \nsend questions [to info@oc-fsc.org](to info@oc-fsc.org)  \n“Emergency shelters play a critical role in efforts to end homelessness. They provide people with a safe place to stay and help them quickly return to housing.”  \n-National Alliance to End Homelessness  \nTable of Contents  \n1. Purpose of Family Shelter Guidelines ......................................................................................... 1  \n2. Role of Family Shelter in the Crisis Response System ................................................................ 1  \n3. Shared Guiding Principles ........................................................................................................... 1  \n4. Family Stabilization Goals ........................................................................................................... 3  \n5. Shelter Performance Outcomes.................................................................................................. 3  \n6. Admittance Policies..................................................................................................................... 4  \na. Taking referrals from Coordinated Entry System ................................................................ 4  \nb. Documentation needed for entry ........................................................................................ 5  \nc. Reasons a family may be referred to a more appropriate resource ................................... 5  \n7. Intake and Reviewing Shelter Policies ........................................................................................ 6  \na. Welcome and expectations while staying in shelter ........................................................... 6  \nb. Handling conflict .................................................................................................................. 7  \nc. Grievance policy ................................................................................................................... 8  \nd. Warnings and termination policy ........................................................................................ 8  \n8. 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