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Our Health Department is searching for a Homeless Outreach Response Coordinator to join the team. The Homeless Outreach Response Coordinator is instrumental in the effort to end homelessness in the Fox Cities region, encompassing Calumet, Outagamie, and northern Winnebago counties. This role oversees the coordinated entry system for the Fox Cities Coalition, ensuring a streamlined service delivery process for individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. This position includes the management of the priority list, determining which clients are in the most urgent need of services, and facilitating effective service coordination with various stakeholders including law enforcement, emergency shelters, and adult crisis teams. In addition, the role serves as the City’s primary resource for community education on issues related to unsheltered residents, responding to requests for information, presentations, and guidance while monitoring and sharing data on emerging trends within the unhoused population. Within City government, this position involves significant collaboration between the Public Health Department, Appleton Police Department (APD), and Community Development; The position will have a dual office location, with time split between the Appleton Police Department’s Community Resources Unit and City Hall within the Public Health Department. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Community Health Supervisor.

Qualifications 

This position requires a bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field preferred, two years’ experience working with individuals living below the poverty threshold, or any equivalent combination of education, experience and training which provides the necessary knowledge, abilities, and skills.

Salary

The hiring salary range for this position is $26.48 - $32.83 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefit package including paid time off, health, life, dental, and Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). The WRS is among the best funded and best managed public pension systems in the country. Employees, spouses, and dependents over the age of 12 months who are covered on the City’s medical plan are eligible to use the Connecting Care Clinic (CCC). The CCC provides primary and acute care services and physical therapy at no cost to the patient.

Apply Now!

If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete an on-line application at www.appletonwi.gov/careers by Sunday, November 29, 2026.  Resumes without an application will not be considered. 

City of Appleton Human Resources

100 N. Appleton Street, 6^th floor

Appleton, WI 54911

Phone: (920) 832-6458

Email: humanresources@appletonwi.gov

Equal Opportunity Employer