Alliance Seeks Input from Rapid Re-Housing Providers








November 19, 2014    
ISSUES  |  POLICY  |  SOLUTIONS  |  NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro


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Alliance Seeks Input from Rapid Re-Housing Providers


The Alliance has published a toolkit, "Rapid Re-Housing Tools," that provides sample materials to assist rapid re-housing providers and rapid re-housing program staff. The Alliance is asking experienced rapid re-housing providers to submit materials for inclusion in the toolkit. Currently, it includes landlord marketing materials, a housing specialist job description, and materials meant to help housing provider clients consider their potential housing options and understand leases. To submit materials for inclusion in the toolkit, please email the Alliance's Center for Capacity Building at thecenter@naeh.org.





Republicans Take Senate, Keep House
As a result of the recent November elections, the Republican Party will control both the Senate and the House of Representatives at the beginning of the 114th Congress starting in January. With the change in the majority party in the Senate, leadership and makeup of all the Senate committees will change dramatically in January, and many House committees will change as well. Appointments to key committee positions are expected to be made in early 2015.
Congress Returns from Recess
Congress returned to Washington, DC on Nov. 12 for a lame-duck session, during which they will work to finalize fiscal year (FY) 2015 funding. The continuing resolution (CR), or stopgap funding measure, that is keeping the federal government open and operating largely at FY 2014 funding levels will expire on Thursday, Dec. 11. Congress is currently expected pass an omnibus appropriations bill before that date.
Congress to Depart for Thanksgiving Recess
The House will depart at the end of the legislative day this Friday, Nov. 22 for the Thanksgiving recess, and will return on Monday, Dec. 2. The specifics of the Senate's recess schedule are still pending.
On Tuesday Dec. 9, at 1 p.m. ET, the Alliance will host a webinar on housing identification, a core component of rapid re-housing. The webinar, "Rapid Re-Housing Core Component: Housing Identification" is the first in a webinar series on the guidance on rapid re-housing, "Core Components of Rapid Re-Housing," which the Alliance crafted in cooperation with the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). During this webinar, speakers will address the first of the three components: housing identification.

Use of Housing Vouchers: Trends, Local Data, and What's at Stake in the 2015 Funding Bill
On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. ET, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) will host a webinar to review trends in the utilization of housing vouchers since the onset of sequestration cuts early in 2013. During the webinar, "Use of Housing Vouchers: Trends, Local Data, and What's at Stake in the 2015 Funding Bill," CBPP housing experts Doug Rice and Barbara Sard will explain how individual state and local housing agencies can make use of new CBPP data on historical voucher utilization rates and sequestration-related voucher losses. The webinar will also preview final 2015 funding negotiations.


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By Stuart Campbell
In this post, we discuss a recently released research brief, "Predictors of Homelessness Following Exit from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program," which looks at how many veterans from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program fell back into homelessness after exiting the program. The findings are encouraging.
Happy Veterans Day from the Alliance!
By Emanuel Cavallaro
In recognition of Veterans Day, we take a moment to take a moment to consider how far we have come and how far we still have to go in our efforts to end veteran homelessness.

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