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Alliance Online News View in browser www.endhomelessness.org Wednesday, April 27, 2016 spotlight on... continuums of care must register by may 11 to apply for FY2016 hud funding The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Registration Notice. Collaborative applicants must register CoCs by May 11, 2016. HUD requires each CoC Collaborative Applicant to register in advance of applying for the approximately $1.9 billion of funding available. Collaborative Applicants must register using e-snaps at www.hud.gov/esnaps. Read the full notice » news alert It's National #reentryweek People re-entering the community from prisons and jails are more likely to be excluded from housing and employment because they have criminal records. Without housing and employment many people re-entering the community are at risk of homelessness. Check out #ReentryWeek on Twitter for more. Read our blog on re-entry » hill update BILL heads to senate floor with $2.33B for homeless assistance On April 21 the full Senate Appropriations Committee marked-up its fiscal year (FY) 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill. It included $2.33 billion for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants, an $80 million increase over FY 2016 funding, but $330 million below the Administration’s proposed FY 2017 level. The bill could go to the Senate floor as early as this week. Read the bill highlights » Read committee Vice Chairwoman Mikulski's statement » Conference hotel sold out, register now and book room in overflow hotel Registration for our 2016 National Conference on Ending Homelessness is open and the main conference hotel is now full. Rooms are still available at our overflow hotels, but we suggest you book quickly because these will fill up fast.   *Please note that reserving a room at the hotel DOES NOT include registration for the conference. Please register separately. Register for the conference and book a hotel » upcoming webinars April 28: Protecting the Fair Housing Rights of People with Criminal Records Millions of Americans — a disproportionate number of whom are people of color — have criminal records that can be a barrier to housing. In celebration of National Reentry Week, the Shriver Center and the Vera Institute of Justice will host a webinar on fair housing rights for people with criminal records. >> Register: Thursday, April 28, 2 p.m. EST May 10: Transforming Homeless Services in West Virginia Zach Brown, Executive Director of the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness, will discuss the impact rapid re-housing has had on the community’s homeless population. He will also discuss to to implement rapid re-housing in rural areas as well as the cultural shift from a transitional housing to a rapid re-housing model. >> Register: Tuesday, May 10, 1 p.m. EST from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness How to help people with criminal records get a fair chance at housing by Jayme Day People re-entering the community from prisons and jails are more likely to be excluded from housing because they have criminal records. Criminal records are also barriers to jobs. Without housing and employment many people re-entering the community are at risk of homelessness. And those who are experiencing homelessness with a criminal record can be homeless longer. Read more » comments » | Rent and move-in assistance: Getting started by Jen Saunders The goal of rent and move-in assistance is to provide short-term help to households so they can pay for housing. The amount and duration of financial assistance provided by a rapid re-housing program can vary. At a minimum, programs should provide the assistance necessary for participants to move immediately out of homelessness and to stabilize in permanent housing. Read more » comments » | Housing is an equalizer by Guest Blogger, Vera Beech, Community Rebuilders (Kent County, MI) Vera Beech, Executive Director of Community Builders in Keny County, Michigan, talks about why rapid re-housing works for their consumers. Read more » comments » | About Us The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to solving the problem of homelessness and preventing its continued growth. Join Us The Alliance is online: on Facebook, on Twitter, on our blog, and on our website! Join the Alliance's online community, and stay up-to-date with homelessness and housing information. www.endhomelessness.org Forward to a Friend Need Technical Assistance? 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