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Administration for Children and Families Releases the Early Childhood Self-Assessment Tool for Family Shelters

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Releases the Early Childhood Self-Assessment Tool for Family Shelters The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) recently released a new resource as part of its early childhood work on the Interagency Workgroup to End Family Homelessness. The Early Childhood Self-Assessment Tool for Family Shelters is designed to help shelter staff create shelter environments that are safe and developmentally appropriate for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The tool provides sp

Alliance Announces Newsletter Focused on Rapid Re-Housing

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December 16, 2014      ISSUES   |   POLICY   |   SOLUTIONS   |   NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro Spotlight On... Alliance Announces Newsletter Focused on Rapid Re-Housing Starting in January 2015, the Alliance will begin distributing a new newsletter, "Rapid Re-Housing Update," which will focus exclusively on the housing intervention of rapid re-housing. This newsletter will provide readers with the most up-to-date information on rapid re-housing, including new reports, briefs, and studies as well as updates on Alliance events and activities. The newsletter is part of the Alliance's initiative to raise awareness of policy and best practices on rapid re-housing, which has become an essential part of the nationwide effort to end homelessness. In addition, the Alliance has expanded the rapid re-housing page of the Alliance website and begun a series of webinars on the