Street Outreach

Ada County Connect’s Street Outreach team operates as a part of Our Path Home—Ada County’s public-private partnership of more than 40 agencies working to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring. The Outreach team prioritizes people experiencing unsheltered homelessness: on the street, in a vehicle, or a place not meant for habitation. The team works to connect people to emergency shelter, services, and housing. Rather than waiting for people to come to them, Outreach staff meet people wherever they are beginning by building relationships and taking time to understand each person’s story, needs, and goals.

From basic needs support and housing navigation and counseling/treatment referrals, the team works to bridge the gap between the street and stability, showing up in the community during extreme heat, harsh winters, and everything in between.

A man with glasses and a beard is smiling and talking, sitting at a wooden table with a laptop and a tablet. A woman with dark hair and glasses is in the foreground, taking notes.
Person holding a brass ship's bell attached to a white rope against a plain white background.
Close-up of a black electric bicycle with a front basket, parked outdoors on a concrete surface.
A woman with dark hair and glasses working on a laptop at a white desk in an office space, with a green wall, a wooden partition, a potted plant, and colorful posters on the wall in the background.
Close-up of hands holding a business card with the logo and text "Our Path Home CONNECT".
Four people sitting around a wooden table in a meeting room, engaging in conversation and smiling, with a framed black-and-white mountain photograph on the wall in the background.