Homelessness Update

spotlight on... WEBINAR: Thursday, September 7, 1:00 pm Which Rules are the Right Rules for Low-Barrier Emergency Shelters? How can shelters that serve families and survivors of domestic violence maintain a low-barrier environment that prioritizes safety for participants and staff? This webinar will address how to re-tool your shelter's rules, expectations, policies, and procedures. We'll be joined by two shelter providers to learn about how they have shifted their philosophy and operations to incorporate a low-barrier model based on Housing First principles. Join us! You can register here. This is the fourth installment in the Alliance’s Emergency Shelter Learning Series. Please visit our Resources Page for more tools and information on this topic. Register here >> NEW INTERACTIVE MAP SHOWS RATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN MAJOR METRO AREAS The majority of people experiencing homelessness on a given night are in the nation’s 25 most populous metropolitan areas. A new interactive resource from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute allows users to take a market-by-market view of homelessness in each area. Users can analyze a variety of data in each market, including the total rate of homelessness; and the size of the sheltered and unsheltered populations for family, individual, youth, veteran, and chronically homeless populations. Because counts of people experiencing homelessness do not generally align with metropolitan areas, these estimates provide a helpful way of comparing between major metro areas. Check out the tool >>  from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness Housing is the Common Ground by NAEH Written by Guest blogger, Joshua Bamberger, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco; Chief Medical Consultant at Mercy Housing In recent months, the intense healthcare debate has often centered around our individual values: how much autonomy should we have to control our healthcare finances? How do we meet our responsibility to care for people who live […] The post Housing is the Common Ground appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | New HUD Joint Component Option Could Help Domestic Violence Survivors by Sharon McDonald Every day vulnerable people fleeing domestic violence are denied shelter.  It's not because they don't need it or because they are ineligible. It is simply because there is no room. Domestic violence programs are designed to provide safe refuge and support to people escaping violence.  Some require the safety of a crisis housing program for […] The post New HUD Joint Component Option Could Help Domestic Violence Survivors appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | The Joint Component Is for Homeless Youth, Too! by Mindy Mitchell The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2017 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in July. The Alliance has a lot of resources which you can see here. Sign up for our newsletter to get more of our observations about the Competition. New HUD CoC TH-RRH Joint Component […] The post The Joint Component Is for Homeless Youth, Too! appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. 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? 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! »