Homelessness Update

Congress Passes Budget Deal. Now What? After a series of delays, continuing resolutions, and even a brief government shut down, last week, Congress reached a deal on the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. The two-year budget agreement increases caps on overall non-defense spending and adds critical one-time investments for disaster recovery. This represents an important opportunity to increase the capacity for homelessness assistance programs. To learn more about the budget deal and what it means for advocates, check out the Alliance’s recent blog post. Read more » Upcoming Webinars Address Youth Homelessness, Low-Barrier Shelter, and the Federal Budget Feb. 15, 1 p.m. ET | HUD Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) — FY 2017 NOFA (Hosted by HUD) Register » Feb. 15, 2 p.m. ET | Frequently Asked Questions for Low-Barrier Shelters Register » Feb. 22, 11 a.m. ET | A Blueprint for the Year Ahead: The President’s Budget Proposal and What You Can Do About It. Register » Feb. 22, 3 p.m. ET | HUD Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) NOFA — What to Expect and Strategies for Success (Hosted by USICH) Register » Los Angeles Embraces New Challenges, Resources in Effort to End Homelessness Since the passage of Measure H to address Los Angeles’s growing homelessness crisis, city leaders and service providers have been moving quickly to explore and implement solutions. Read about the challenges and opportunities they will confront: New fellowship aims to address shortage of LA workers on homelessness L.A. considers cutting through red tape to get homeless people housed faster Just a few months in, LA County’s Measure H has generated millions to help the homeless L.A. homeless crisis grows despite political promises, many speeches and millions of dollars. How do we fix this? . from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness Changing Punitive Shelter Rules to Simple Community Expectations by Ben Cattell Noll On February 15, the Alliance kicks off the 2018 Emergency Shelter Learning Series with a brand new webinar to answer your most challenging and frequently asked questions. Throughout 2017, we were thrilled to see how many organizations across the country were making the shift to lower-barrier, housing-focused shelter models. Emergency shelters are a critical part […] The post Changing Punitive Shelter Rules to Simple Community Expectations appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | Congress's Latest Budget Deal Will Help Us End Homelessness—If We Fight for It by Steve Berg Early this morning, Congress ended a brief government shutdown and voted to finally support a budget deal. This means there is now a firm schedule for finishing work on federal spending. The two-year budget agreement increases caps on overall non-defense spending, and adds critical one-time investments for disaster recovery. The details include: $63 billion increase […] The post Congress’s Latest Budget Deal Will Help Us End Homelessness—If We Fight for It appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | How Community Health Centers Helped Britney Regain Housing—and Why Congress Needs to Act Now by NAEH This guest post is written by Regina Reed, Policy Organizer at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. Britney has an infectious smile, and you can feel the hope that's bubbling inside her. Even when she and her four-year-old son Mason were bouncing around between different family members' homes, and later living in a […] The post How Community Health Centers Helped Britney Regain Housing—and Why Congress Needs to Act Now appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | About Us The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit, non-partisan, organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. 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.