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--> Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser . Share Your Peer Support Stories With the Hashtag Showcase To celebrate National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day 2014, we are highlighting the importance of peer support, which is critical in making the transition to adulthood easier for young adults with mental health and substance use challenges. Beginning now, and through May 8, SAMHSA is hosting a "hashtag showcase." During this showcase, we invite young adults across the country who have faced mental and/or substance use disorders to share their personal stories of resilience and peer support. Using the hashtag #IGetSupportFrom , please share photos, videos, tweets, and status updates showing how peer support has helped you tackle challenges related...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Rural Gateway and Economic Development Programs Resource Pages Now Available on the OneCPD Resource Exchange HUD is pleased to announce the launch of the following resource pages on the OneCPD Resource Exchange: Rural Gateway Economic Development Programs AEDI: Appalachia Economic Development Initiative BCCI: Border Community Capital Initiative Congressional Grants NI: Neighborhood Initiative Grants Congressional Grants EDI-SP: Economic Development Initiative - Special Projects DCCI: Delta Community Capital Initiative Promis...

Protect Human Rights, Implement Alternatives to the Criminalization of Homelessness April 17, 2014 Criminalization is Not a Solution to Homelessness; Communities Need to Create Meaningful Alternatives USICH is dedicated to supporting states and communities to implement a Human Rights approach to ending homelessness that connects people to stable housing and eliminates the criminalization of homelessness.  Working with communities and using Searching Out Solutions: Constructive Alternatives to the Criminalization of Homelessness as a guide, (and most recently informed by a ride-along with the San Diego Police Department's Homeless Outreach Team),we've identified several important strategies communities can implement to ensure that they are providing meaningful alternatives to criminalization. San Diego Police Department's Homeless Outreach Team is often the first line of resp...