The Alliance is currently recruiting two Senior Program and Policy Analysts – one in the area of Youth and one in the area of Health/Behavioral Health. Both analysts will be responsible for analyzing federal policy, advancing the Alliance’s agenda, and working with Alliance partners to further key legislation. [More ...]
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Launches Youth Site Visit Campaign
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, August 24
On Wednesday, September 15 at 2 p.m. ET, the Alliance will host a webinar to kick off a campaign to encourage Members of Congress to visit local programs serving youth either experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The webinar will include an overview of the campaign, as well as suggested strategies for getting Members of Congress to accept an invitation to visit a program and see first-hand how it affects youth experiencing homelessness in their districts. [More ...]
Tags: Congress, Homelessness, National Alliance to End Homelessness, youth
The 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
Source: HUD, July 2010
The total number of homeless persons in America dropped slightly between 2008 and 2009, although the number of homeless families increased — almost certainly due to the ongoing effects of the recession. HUD recently released these data as part of The 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress — the fifth in a series that provides both snapshots of homeless persons on a given night in 2009 (usually at the end of January) and a year-long assessment. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, HUD
Opinion Brief: Boomerang Homeless Families:
Source: Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, Summer 2010
The opinion brief suggests that the aggressive rehousing policies for New York City’s homeless families during the Bloomberg Administration do not work for all homeless families and therefore have destabilized the shelter system by pushing an increasing percentage of families through a revolving door and back into shelter—at great cost to the City.
Tags: Boomerang Homeless Families, Homelessness
Welch seeks to hike funds for homeless
Source: Brattleboro Reformer, July 23
By Howard Weiss-Tisman
“BRATTLEBORO — When Congress created the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, or PATH, program in 1990, small states like Vermont were awarded funding based on a formula that helped them compete with states with larger populations.
The formula is based on the urban population of a state, compared to the urban population of the whole nation. [More ...]
Tags: Federal Funding, Homelessness, PATH, Vermont, Welch
White River Junction VA facility part of N.H. plan to end homelessness among veterans
Source: Rutland Herald, June 30
By Holly Ramer
“CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire could eliminate homelessness among veterans in four years with a plan that emphasizes moving beyond housing to focus on other support services, according to report released Monday. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, New Hampshire, Veterans
Alliance Produces Fact Sheet on High Housing Cost Burdens
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, June 29
A new fact sheet published by the Alliance entitled What is “Sustainable” Housing Cost Burden? Implications for HPRP shows that high housing cost burdens are common among those living in poverty. In fact, more than half of households living in poverty pay more than 50 percent of their income toward housing costs. This finding has significant implications for providers of homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing services. Some providers have chosen to screen out potential recipients because of concerns about future cost burden, but analysis shows that, even with high cost burdens, households in poverty can avoid homelessness. The analysis concludes that these households should be served with prevention and rapid re-housing resources even if it may result in them continuing to have a high housing cost burden in the future.
Tags: Cost burden, Homelessness, Sustainable Housing
HUD Releases AHAR
On June 16, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. According to the fifth annual report, levels of homelessness in the United States stayed essentially the same between 2008 and 2009. Data showed a ten percent reduction among people experiencing chronic homelessness, but a rise in the number of families seeking shelter. [More ...]
Tags: AHAR, Homelessness, HUD
Point in Time Count Published
On January 27, 2010, the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness, in partnership with the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance, conducted the annual one-day count of homeless individuals and families in Vermont. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, PIT, Point in Time, Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness
Administration Releases National Plan to End Homelessness
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition Press Release, June 22, 2010
“Washington, DC – The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has released a plan that would put the United States on the path to ending homelessness among veterans and chronically homeless individuals by 2015 and among children, youth, and families by 2020. [More ...]
Tags: Homelessness, Strategic Plan, USICH
