Services
Strengthening Communities Through Data-Driven Strategies
As a Senior Technical Assistance Provider, SAMatthews LLC collaborates with communities to identify challenges, engage key partners, and implement tailored strategies to improve service delivery. By leveraging both qualitative and quantitative data, we help organizations analyze trends, develop action plans, and measure impact to ensure long-term success.
We support organizations in optimizing governance structures, refining coordinated entry systems, and enhancing leadership teams. We strengthen collaboration, service delivery, and workplace relationships through comprehensive training and coaching, fostering environments where teams can effectively carry out their mission.
Data Analytics and Training
As a data analyst and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) subject matter expert, SAMatthews LLC helps organizations harness data to drive informed decision-making. Our services include:
- Designing and implementing data strategies.
- Developing communication plans and interactive dashboards.
- Strengthening data teams and refining prioritization processes.
These efforts equip communities to better understand service demands, assess program effectiveness, and implement sustainable improvements that enhance outcomes for those they serve.
Public Speaking and Group Training
SAMatthews LLC is trusted to design, deliver, and moderate sessions on data strategies, regulatory compliance, federal funding initiatives, and effective service delivery at conferences, meetings, and trainings. As a HUD TA, Stacey A. Matthews has coordinated HUD’s participation in national conferences and institutes, including:
National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH)
National Human Services Data Consortium (NHSDC)
National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH)
National Association for County Community and Economic Development (NACCED)
Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Problem-Solving Clinic
Housing and Urban Development TA Provider Institute
Centers for Disease Control Virtual Conferences
Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit
Various HUD Conferences, Office Hours, Community Workshops, and Webinars
In addition to conference presentations, SAMatthews LLC delivers multi-session, interactive trainings for organizations. Key training topics include:
Street Outreach Safety
Motivational Interviewing
Trauma-Informed Care
Effective Case Management Strategies
HMIS Basics and Advanced User Training
HMIS Data Standards
Shared Living Support for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
Monitoring and Compliance Strategies
Designing and Implementing Qualitative Data Strategies
Through these engagements, we equip organizations with practical tools and approaches to enhance service systems and improve outcomes.
Assembling Effective Teams
SAMatthews LLC is uniquely positioned to address clients’ needs while leveraging a network of experts across multiple disciplines. Together, we build customized teams with the precise expertise required to meet each client’s goals.
Our network includes specialists in:
Encampment Resolution Strategies
Disaster and Recovery Planning
Coordinated Entry and Housing Systems Leadership
Housing and Homelessness Program Strategies
Data Analysis and Evaluation Design
Implementation and Monitoring Support
Training, Coaching, and Public Speaking
By drawing on this network, SAMatthews LLC delivers tailored, impactful solutions that empower clients to achieve their objectives and strengthen communities.
Racial Equity and Social Justice
SAMatthews LLC is dedicated to advancing racial equity and social justice across all sectors. With over 35 years of experience, the firm helps organizations identify and address racial disparities using data-driven strategies.
SAMatthews LLC creates inclusive, trauma-informed environments that empower marginalized communities. By working closely with clients to dismantle systemic barriers, the firm ensures that policies and practices are shaped by data and lived experiences to promote racial justice.
From government agencies to nonprofits, SAMatthews LLC partners with organizations to assess and enhance their equity practices, turning racial equity into actionable, tangible outcomes for all communities. Our services include:
- Racial Equity Assessment & Action Plans: SAMatthews LLC conducts comprehensive assessments of homelessness response systems to identify racial disparities and creates actionable plans to address them.
- Equity-Informed Data Strategies: SAMatthews LLC designs and implements data collection, analysis, and reporting processes that ensure racial equity is at the forefront of decision-making.
- Trauma-Informed Community Engagement: SAMatthews LLC facilitates inclusive, trauma-informed community engagement sessions to amplify the voices of marginalized populations and ensure their needs shape system design.
- Policy & Systems Change Consulting: SAMatthews LLC provides expert guidance on policy development and system redesign to create more equitable and just frameworks for addressing homelessness, focusing on racial justice.
- Capacity Building & Training: SAMatthews LLC offers training and workshops for organizations, government agencies, and community stakeholders on understanding racial equity, implicit bias, and culturally responsive practices.
- Equitable Resource Allocation Strategies: SAMatthews LLC guides communities in developing equitable resource distribution plans prioritizing historically underfunded and disproportionately affected racial communities.
- Collaborative Stakeholder Facilitation: SAMatthews LLC leads cross-sector collaborations to build consensus around racial equity goals and foster collective action to dismantle systemic barriers.
- Evaluation of Equity Initiatives: SAMatthews LLC evaluates the effectiveness of equity initiatives and provides data-driven recommendations to refine and improve program outcomes for communities of color.