Homelessness Update

Alliance Online News View in browser www.endhomelessness.org Wednesday, December 7, 2016 spotlight on... application for ssvf funding now open The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has released the FY2018 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for their Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. What is SSVF and why is the program important? Check out our new infographic. Apply for SSVF funding » hill update Senate approves bill that includes mental health reform Today the Senate voted to approve the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill with a number of health care and justice provisions. Among the initiatives in the bill is landmark reform to mental health and substance abuse treatment. The bill extends grants to address homelessness and mental health and provides additional funding for new interventions. The bill is expected to be quickly signed by President Obama. Read more » conference Scholarships, sponorships and info tables available The National Conference on Ending Youth and Family Homelessness will be held Feb. 23-24, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Register now, and check out our other opportunities below. Scholarships Scholarships are available for individuals who are currently experiencing or have formerly experienced homelessness. The deadline to apply is Thursday, December 15, 2016. Apply for a scholarship. Sponsorships Please email Michelle Fantone or call at 202-942-8241 for more information about sponsorships. Info Tables If you wish to showcase your organization at the conference, information tables are available for purchase. Please email David Dirks or call at 202-942-8287 for more information.   Register for the conference » from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness To Grow Rapid Re-Housing, Build Your System Around It by Cynthia Nagendra To truly end homelessness, we need to scale up RRH at the systems level in a coordinated manner. Read more » comments » | Improving Your Rapid Re-Housing Program to End Homelessness by Guest blogger, Ben Cattell Noll, Friendship Place How do we hold ourselves accountable to best practices and improve our rapid re-housing programs without established, evidence-based standards? We use our data! There are a million things we could measure to try and demonstrate our impact, but to truly assess if we are doing what we say we want to do, we simply need to break down WHAT we are trying to do. Read more » comments » | Make a Difference in the Lives of Children on Giving Tuesday by Michelle Fantone November 29, Giving Tuesday, is an opportunity for us all to support the causes we believe in by joining a global movement. On this day of giving we reflect back on the previous year, and look forward to how we can collectively stregthen our communities and improve the lives of children and families. 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.