July 29, 2014
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| | ISSUES | POLICY | SOLUTIONS | NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro | | |
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First Lady Michelle Obama to Speak at Alliance's National Conference
The Alliance is pleased and honored to announce that as part of the Joining Forces initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at our 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness on Thursday, July 31. Mrs. Obama will speak about the Administration's commitment to ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, including the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness.
Conference Reminder: Engage with the Alliance on Social Media
The Alliance is looking forward to seeing you in Washington, DC today, Tuesday, July 29, at our conference. We encourage the around 1,600 of you who are attending to share your conference experiences through our online presence. Follow us on Twitter and tweet about your conference experience using the conference hashtag #NAEH14. Keep up with the Alliance on the Alliance Alliance Facebook page and the Alliance blog, Ending Homelessness Today. |
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Paul Ryan Introduces Poverty Proposal
On Thursday, July 24, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) offered his new anti-poverty proposal in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute. The proposed poverty reform, titled "Expanding Opportunity in America," proposes to consolidate 11 federal poverty programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Public Housing, Temporary Aid for Needy Families, and the Community Development Block Grant, in addition to granting states more authority to set eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, housing assistance programs, and others. The plan would also make adjustments to the Earned Income Tax Credit. The proposal is estimated to cost $799 billion, and although it appears on the surface to be budget neutral, many analysts believe that it would likely result in significant reductions in spending for anti-poverty programs over time.
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Believe it or not, we have the funding we need to end veteran homelessness, and we may soon have a chance to secure the funding we need to end chronic homelessness. In this post, we look at what we will need to do to meet the Administration's ambitious goal of ending chronic homelessness by the end of 2016.
Here are the Cities where Mayors have Committed to Ending Veteran Homelessness By Sarah Mesrobian
In June, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the Mayor's Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. The initiative is meant to eliminate veteran homelessness by asking mayors in cities across the U.S. take the lead in their communities. In this post, we introduce a new feature of our "Ending Veteran Homelessness" interactive map tracking the cities where mayors and other local government officials have signed onto the challenge.