Homelessness Update

Upcoming WEBINAR EXPLOREs THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND THE OPIOID CRISIS Join us, January 11 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST, for a webinar to examine how resources to address the opioid crisis can be leveraged for people experiencing homelessness. Federal and local officials will discuss what's happening around the country to address the crisis, highlighting a successful housing program for people with opioid use disorders. There will also be a discussion about how service providers can connect with state agencies to elevate issues related to homelessness to the forefront of the opioid crisis. Register here >> New report suggests that Improving Child Welfare Services can Reduce Homelessness A new report by the RAND Corporation shows that homelessness and other negative outcomes for children can be reduced by improving child welfare services, and that these investments save money over time. Key findings include: Increasing investment in family preservation services—interventions to help families at risk of child separation—would reduce impacted children’s experience of homelessness as young adults by 2 to 9 percent. Investing in strategies to reduce child maltreatment and improve kinship care (which facilitates placement of children removed from their family of origin with close relatives) reduces children’s risk of homelessness, underemployment, substance abuse, and criminal convictions as young adults.  Increasing investment in all three approaches to improve child welfare systems—family preservation, preventing child maltreatment, and kinship care—would result in savings of $5.2 to $10.5 billion for a cohort of children born over a five year period, while also improving their later prospects. Read more >> planning your pit count? check out resources to improve your youth count As communities nationwide prepare to conduct 2018 Point-in-Time counts, be sure to check out the following resources for your youth count:  Voices of Youth Count toolkit contains practical planning resources to learn about designing a youth-specific strategy for your community, including how to engage young people with lived experience as part of your planning. HUD Exchange's Promising Practices for Counting Youth Experiencing Homelessness in the Point-in-Time Counts highlights several strategies and efforts communities have implemented to better count youth experiencing homelessness. HUD Exchange also hosts a resource section of tools, guides, and webinars for counting specific populations, including youth. . from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness Using a Scattered Site Housing First Model to Combat the Opioid Epidemic by NAEH Written by guest blogger, Christine Simiriglia, President and CEO of Pathways to Housing PA. People are dying at an alarming rate. Across the nation, the opioid crisis has communities working overtime in search of solutions. Philadelphia is feeling the effects particularly hard. The city's Kensington neighborhood remains "ground zero" for some of the purest, cheapest […] The post Using a Scattered Site Housing First Model to Combat the Opioid Epidemic appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | Homeless Person's Memorial Day is a Call to Action by Sharon McDonald On the longest night of the year, we remember friends, family members, and neighbors who passed away this year without a home. We remember their smiles and their stories. We recognize their pain and isolation. We remember the fear, discomfort, and the risk of violence that comes with homelessness. As we grieve those we have […] The post Homeless Person’s Memorial Day is a Call to Action appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | We Must Not Lose Momentum on Veteran Homelessness by Mary Gable Over the past several years, our nation's progress on veteran homelessness has been one of the most important success stories in the effort to end homelessness. But earlier this month, an annual count of homelessness in the U.S. reminded us that the job isn't done, and we can't slow down. According to the 2017 Annual […] The post We Must Not Lose Momentum on Veteran Homelessness 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.