President Proposes $300 Million increase in Homeless Assistance
March 4, 2014 | ||||||
ISSUES | POLICY | SOLUTIONS | NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro | ||||||
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Last Thursday, February 27, Senator Murray, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a memorandum to Senate democrats regarding the current, improved fiscal outlook in the United States. In the memorandum, Sen. Murray called on Senate democrats to build upon the progress they have made toward deficit reduction and the bipartisan foundation they worked to establish with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. Sen. Murray further called upon the legislators to move past manufactured budget crises and instead focus on creating jobs, expanding opportunity, and generating economic growth.
Representative Ryan Releases Poverty Report
Yesterday, Monday, March 3, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, released an extensive, 204-page report examining the history, structure, cost, and evidence on the effectiveness of poverty programs. The report includes a lengthy section on housing programs. The report aims to begin the conversation about future reforms to anti-poverty programs. It nonetheless discussed the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program in favorable terms, highlighting the effectiveness of rapid re-housing and the cost-savings of permanent supportive housing.
The Alliance has published a solutions brief, "The Workforce Investment Act: An Overview and Recommendation," which was written for the Alliance by the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights. The brief provides an overview of the U.S.'s federally funded workforce system, examples of workforce and homeless system collaboration and recommendations for meeting the employment interests and needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
VA Expands Program to Provide Services for Veteran Families
By Kay Moshier McDivitt
In this post, we take a look at a new opportunity for communities fighting family homelessness with rapid re-housing: the VA's expansion of the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program.