Homelessness Update

spotlight on... FINAL REMINDER: RAPID RE-HOUSING FOR YOUTH WEBINAR THURSDAY, AUGUST, 24 AT 2:00 PM Could the new HUD CoC TH-RRH joint component help your community end youth homelessness? Sign up for Thursday’s online meeting of the Rapid Re-Housing for Youth Learning Community, where Alliance experts and Learning Community members will share insights and answer questions about the joint component. For more information about how this component impacts youth homelessness, you can also check out the Alliance’s recent blog post about youth TH-RRH. Register here for the webinar:  Understanding HUD's New TH-RRH Joint Component on Thursday, August 24, at 2:00 PM Register today >> ISSUE BRIEF: Family Homelessness and Family Separation According to a new issue brief by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), family separation is related to homelessness and housing instability. The report, which analyzed data from the Family Options Study, found that nearly one third (30 percent) of families entering shelter were separated from at least one family member. Families that continued to experience housing instability were more likely than other formerly homeless families to be separated from a child 20 months after initial shelter entry. Read the brief >> NEW HUD EXCHANGE RESOURCE MAPS PROPERTIES FOR HOUSING PLACEMENT Finding new properties for housing placements can be challenging and time consuming.  A new HUD Exchange resource helps you to see newly-listed buildings and/or land across the country that HUD has determined are suitable and available to assist persons experiencing homelessness.  Click on the flag(s) in each state to display the property's characteristics and access a Google image of the property (if applicable). Then, contact the landholding agency listed in the applicable Suitability Determination Listing for more information. Check Out the Map >> from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness Housing is the Common Ground by NAEH Written by Guest blogger, Joshua Bamberger, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco; Chief Medical Consultant at Mercy Housing In recent months, the intense healthcare debate has often centered around our individual values: how much autonomy should we have to control our healthcare finances? How do we meet our responsibility to care for people who live […] The post Housing is the Common Ground appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | New HUD Joint Component Option Could Help Domestic Violence Survivors by Sharon McDonald Every day vulnerable people fleeing domestic violence are denied shelter.  It's not because they don't need it or because they are ineligible. It is simply because there is no room. Domestic violence programs are designed to provide safe refuge and support to people escaping violence.  Some require the safety of a crisis housing program for […] The post New HUD Joint Component Option Could Help Domestic Violence Survivors appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | The Joint Component Is for Homeless Youth, Too! by Mindy Mitchell The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2017 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in July. The Alliance has a lot of resources which you can see here. Sign up for our newsletter to get more of our observations about the Competition. New HUD CoC TH-RRH Joint Component […] The post The Joint Component Is for Homeless Youth, Too! appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | About Us The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to solving the problem of homelessness and preventing its continued growth. 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. Sign The Statement Sign the Never Another Homeless Veteran Statement! »