Homelessness Update

Alliance Online News View in browser www.endhomelessness.org Wednesday, March 29, 2017 HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOUR EMERGENCY SHELTER SYSTEM LATELY? Emergency shelters are critical to ending homelessness. Their purpose is to ensure safe, temporary shelter during times of crisis and connect people to permanent housing. But barriers often negate their effectiveness. Join the Alliance for a new learning series designed to help those looking to improve their emergency shelter system. The series kicks-off Wednesday, April 26 at 2 p.m. ET with The Role of Emergency Shelter in a Crisis Response System, a webinar focused on how emergency shelter fits into community efforts to reduce homelessness. Stay tuned for the full schedule of emergency shelter webinars. Register for the webinar » spotlight on... Georgia emergency shelters take on housing challenge 18 shelters, 90 days, 491 housed. Emergency shelters throughout Georgia are looking to improve their systems, and they’re taking on the #GAShelterChallenge to prove it can be done. Read how » Health Care Reform Monday, April 10, 2017 Learn more about proposed health care reforms in 30 Minutes On, a new webinar series hosted by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Corporation for Supportive Housing and National Alliance to End Homelessness. Register » hill update Has your rep. signed on to support a fy18 funding increase? Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) is collecting signatures from her House colleagues on a letter requesting $2.6 billion for HUD's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants in fiscal year (FY) 2018. The letter also asks for the extension of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness' sunset date to 2020. See if your representatives have signed » 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? Visit the Center for Capacity Building to learn more about the ways the Center can help your community end homelessness. Sign The Statement Sign the Never Another Homeless Veteran Statement! »