News from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

New Mainstream Vouchers

Funding Offers New Ways to Help Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness    HUD's new mainstream vouchers expand the resources communities can use to provide housing opportunities to single adults experiencing homelessness.   Read more from Policy Director Lindsay Knotts about how communities can prepare to use these funding sources to drive progress and end homelessness. Innovative Pilot Program Creates a Coordinated Response for Youth Experiencing or At-Risk of Homelessness  Los Angeles County launched three pilot efforts in 2017 to build new links between the Youth Coordinated Entry System and the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.  LA County Program Manager William Lehman explains how the pilots create bridges among the systems that young people most frequently interact with.     Congratulations to our partners in Lincoln, Nebraska, for effectively ending Veteran homelessness!  Read more. New Resources for Communities to Respond to Unsheltered Homelessness          CSH recently released a suite of tools, based on materials created by Project HOME and the City of Philadelphia, to help communities strengthen the development and implementation of comprehensive outreach and engagement for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.     Access the toolkit.  Many thanks to the people from 17 different communities who convened in Jackson, Mississippi, to collaborate on solutions to help end rural homelessness.  Is your community planning to use "Home, Together" to guide your local planning and strategies? Tell us about it! Read the plan and watch the recorded webinar.

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, 301 7th St. SW, Room 2080, Washington, DC 20407