Resources, Training & Insights
Guides, whitepapers, templates, and tools to help your organization collect better feedback and serve people more effectively.
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The Hidden Costs of BYOD
Why Managed Hardware is Critical for High-Quality Feedback Collection
Feedback Prioritization Toolkit
A 10-document framework for deciding which feedback to act on first. Covers urgency classification, impact-effort matrices, stakeholder alignment, and quarterly prioritization workflows.
Using Real-Time Sentiment to Stop Homelessness Before It Starts
Partner Spotlight: Families Forward & CalOptima Health
Inpatient & Residential BH Feedback Toolkit
A 10-document system for safely gathering feedback from clients in controlled behavioral health environments. Covers power dynamics, unit-based deployment, privacy, timing, and discharge loop-closure.
Burnout from Emotional Labor
A systems-level crisis threatening nonprofit sustainability and mission delivery
Trauma-Informed Survey Design: Asking Questions Without Causing Harm
Learn how to ask survey questions in ways that respect lived experience, reduce re-traumatization, and prioritize emotional safety for better data and safer listening.
Closing the Feedback Loop: Turning Feedback into Visible Action
Learn how to respond to feedback, communicate changes, and build trust by showing people their voices matter.
Reaching the Silent Majority: Hearing from Those Who Rarely Respond
Learn strategies for engaging those who are often unheard—due to disengagement, access barriers, or lack of trust—to get more accurate insight and make better decisions.
The First 90 Days: Building a Feedback System That Sticks
Discover a practical roadmap for launching or resetting feedback efforts in the first 90 days, with a focus on habits, expectations, and long-term sustainability.
Equity in Feedback: Designing Systems That Hear Every Voice
Explore how equity, access, and inclusion shape who gives feedback—and whose voices are missed.
Feedback for Funders: Using Listening to Strengthen Impact and Trust
Explore how funders can use feedback to improve outcomes, strengthen trust with grantees, and move beyond compliance-driven reporting.
Homeless Survey Template: Rental/Utility Assistance
Rental and utility assistance programs help prevent eviction and utility shutoffs by providing emergency financial support.
From Data to Action: Making Feedback Useful
Move from raw feedback to clear priorities and practical next steps. When feedback drives action, it becomes a tool for improvement—not just reporting.
Homeless Survey Template: Rapid Rehousing
Rapid Rehousing helps individuals experiencing homelessness quickly secure and stabilize in permanent housing.
Homeless Survey Template: PSH
PSH combines affordable housing with ongoing supportive services for individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness. This survey measures housing quality and wraparound support effectiveness.
Homeless Survey Template: Homelessness Prevention
Homelessness prevention programs help individuals at risk of losing housing to maintain their current housing.
Homeless Survey Template: Respite Care
Respite care provides temporary rest and recovery space, often for individuals recovering from medical issues while homeless.
Anonymous Feedback Rollout Toolkit
A 10-document implementation guide for launching anonymous participant feedback systems. Covers kiosk deployment, survey design, staff training, data analysis, and feedback loop closure.
Crisis & High-Risk Feedback Response Toolkit
A 10-document protocol for responding when anonymous feedback reveals safety risks, abuse, or crisis situations. Covers red-flag classification, escalation pathways, and staff response scripts.
Homeless Survey Template: HOPWA
HOPWA provides housing assistance to low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS. This survey focuses on the unique intersection of housing stability and health needs that defines HOPWA services.
FoFo: The Fear of Finding Out
Why organizations avoid asking for honest feedback—even when they know they should—and what it costs the people they serve.
The Expertise Illusion
Why staff believe they already know what clients think—and why that belief is one of the most dangerous barriers to genuine feedback.
Closing the Loop
The five-step framework for feedback that actually drives change—from collecting data to building trust.
Trauma-Informed Feedback Collection Toolkit
A 10-document system for preventing re-traumatization during anonymous feedback collection. Covers language screening, consent protocols, question sequencing, opt-out design, and distress response.
Building a Feedback Culture: A Practical Guide for Listening, Trust, and Action
A practical guide for organizations that want to move beyond surveys and build a culture where feedback is trusted, acted on, and used to drive real improvement.
SUD Program Feedback Toolkit
A 10-document system for capturing meaningful feedback from people in substance use recovery without reinforcing shame or jeopardizing trust. Covers recovery-stage questions, MAT sensitivity, and ethical storytelling.
Homeless Survey Template: Tech/Language Support
Technical and language assistance helps individuals navigate emergency housing systems.
Behavioral Health Client Safety Feedback Toolkit
A 10-document system for using anonymous feedback to detect safety risks in behavioral health settings. Covers BH-specific survey design, clinical escalation, and CQI integration.
Homeless Survey Template: Property Tax Rebates
Property tax rebate programs help eligible homeowners reduce their tax burden. This survey focuses on the most recent interaction for specific, actionable feedback.
Equity Gap Detection Toolkit
A 10-document framework for using anonymous feedback to identify disparities in service quality across demographic groups. Covers equity-focused analysis, bias detection, and corrective action.
Staff Buy-In & Adoption Toolkit
A 10-document guide for building staff confidence around anonymous feedback systems. Covers objection handling, manager talking points, psychological safety, and adoption monitoring.
Low-Literacy Survey Design Toolkit
A 10-document guide for designing surveys accessible to populations with limited literacy. Covers sentence simplification, visual response scales, cognitive load reduction, and pilot testing.
Rapid Feedback Pilot Toolkit
A 10-document guide for running a 30-day anonymous feedback pilot. Covers site selection, survey configuration, data collection, analysis, and scale-up decision frameworks.
Feedback Governance Toolkit
A 10-document framework for establishing organizational governance over anonymous feedback systems. Covers roles, policies, decision rights, data lifecycle, and accountability structures.
Crisis & Emergency BH Feedback Toolkit
A 10-document system for collecting feedback after psychiatric emergencies, restraint, seclusion, and suicidal crises. Covers post-crisis timing, ultra-short surveys, ethical limits, and institutional learning.
BH Staff Burnout & Safety Toolkit
A 10-document system for detecting burnout, moral injury, and safety risks among behavioral health staff using anonymous feedback. Covers survey templates, escalation thresholds, and action planning.
Feedback-to-Funders Toolkit
A 10-document guide for translating anonymous participant feedback into compelling funder communications. Covers narrative framing, data visualization, grant reporting, and donor stewardship.
Homeless Survey Template: Family Access Point
Family Access Point services connect families to resources including housing, childcare, education, and support services.
Homeless Survey Template: Legal Assistance (Foreclosure)
Legal assistance helps homeowners understand options, navigate legal processes, and potentially save their homes.
Homeless Survey Template: Micro Community Food
Micro-community food programs provide food through small, neighborhood-based distribution.
Homeless Survey Template: Accessibility Modifications
Accessibility modification programs help individuals with disabilities adapt their homes for safety and independence.
Homeless Survey Template: Fair Housing
Fair housing services help individuals understand their rights, file complaints, and resolve housing discrimination.
Homeless Survey Template: Emergency Shelter
Emergency shelters provide immediate, temporary housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. This survey focuses on fundamental needs: safety, dignity, and basic necessities.
Homeless Survey Template: Storage
Storage services help individuals experiencing homelessness safely store belongings.
Designing for Anonymity: How to Get Honest Feedback Safely
Learn how to design feedback systems that truly preserve anonymity, reduce fear of retaliation, and encourage open, candid responses.
Homeless Survey Template: Transportation
Transportation services help individuals reach appointments, jobs, and essential services.
Homeless Survey Template: Day Shelter
Day shelters provide daytime refuge, services, and support for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Homeless Survey Template: Bridge Housing
Bridge housing provides temporary housing while individuals wait for or prepare for permanent housing.
Homeless Survey Template: Eviction Legal Services
Free eviction legal services provide legal representation and advice to tenants facing eviction.
Homeless Survey Template: Financial Assistance (Homeowners)
Financial assistance helps prevent foreclosure through mortgage assistance, counseling, and financial support. This survey measures whether assistance effectively addresses the crisis.
Homeless Survey Template: Complex Case Management
Complex case management serves individuals with multiple, intersecting needs requiring coordinated support across systems.
Homeless Survey Template: Rapid Resolution
Rapid Resolution prevents homelessness through quick intervention—often resolving crises within days.
Homeless Survey Template: Emergency Home Repairs
Emergency home repair programs address urgent housing issues that threaten health or safety.
Homeless Survey Template: Supportive Services (PSH)
Supportive services include case management, mental health support, life skills training, and connection to resources. Weekly feedback tracks trends.
Homeless Survey Template: Employment
Employment services help individuals build job skills, find work, and achieve economic stability. This survey measures whether services are effectively preparing participants for the job market.
Homeless Survey Template: Housing Assistance
General housing assistance helps individuals navigate housing challenges including finding housing, understanding rights, and resolving problems.
Homeless Survey Template: TRUA Customer Service
TRUA customer service supports both landlords and tenants navigating rental and utility assistance.
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