Continuum of Care News

FCC's Lifeline Program Offers Discounts for Phone and Broadband Service Many programs/grantees have requested information related to the purchase of cell phone minutes for clients. While SAMHSA grant funds may not be used for this purpose, we wanted to ensure you were aware of this very important resource. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Lifeline program provides monthly discounts on phone and broadband service to qualifying low-income consumers. For more information on the program and how to apply, please visit https://www.lifelinesupport.org/ . Many fixed (landline) Lifeline carriers already offer unlimited local and toll-f...

Tuesday 5/26: Social Isolation, 5/27: Property Management COVID-19 Weekly Webinar Series Social Isolation ...

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training Estimating the Prevalence and Probability of Homeless Youth NOFA Now Available - Due July 1, 2020 HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) seeks research proposals for estimating the prevalence of homeless youth using existing sour...

Join us for our May SOARing Over Lunch Call! SOARing Over Lunch! Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:00 p.m. ET During this time of social distancing, we have added an additional SOARing Over Lunch call for the month of May! Our next SOARing Over Lunch  call is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26, at 1:00 p.m. ET . Please join us for this informal call to have your SOAR questions answered directly by the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center! While there is no agenda set in advance for these calls, we do want your ideas! Please e-mail us at soar@prainc.com to submit any questions and/or topics that you would like us to discuss.  ** These are listen-only calls.** Participants will type questions into a chat box and listen to the presentation via computer speakers. Log-in:  h ttps://prain...

[Webinar] Register now to see how you can gain greater insights from the Stella strategy and analysis tool. [WEBINAR] Using HUD's Stella to improve homelessness outcomes Thursday, May 21 | 2pm ET / 11am PT  The Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA) continues to gather valuable data that points to new approaches to end homelessness. Now you can gain even greater insights into this data by seeing how to use Stella — the strategic analysis tool developed by HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development). This webinar will demonstrate how to use Stella to analyze episodes of homelessness in your community, and how the outcomes achieved can vary by demographics, location, and housing programs employed. Identify the key factors leading to homelessness in your community See the approaches in your community and across the country that are achieving the best r...

Best Practices A practical newsletter for people ending homelessness. State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition This year's State of Homelessness report, released by the Alliance's Homelessness Research Institute, represents a baseline of homelessness in the United States before the COVID-19 crisis began. Readers are encouraged to consult the State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition for import...