Homelessness Update

spotlight on... Webinar: Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Continuum of Care Program NOFA: What’s Inside? August 3, 2017 at 1:00 PM As a reminder, now that the FY 2017 Continuum of Care (CoC) NOFA competition has opened, the Alliance will be hosting a webinar tomorrow, August 3rd, at 1:00 PM to detail this year’s competition. Building on our last CoC NOFA webinar on how communities can use this year’s CoC NOFA to drive long-term change to improve their systems, this webinar will focus on understanding the new Joint Transitional Housing (TH) and Permanent Housing-Rapid Rehousing (PH-RRH) component project and considerations communities should explore before applying for this opportunity. You can register for the webinar below. For more information about key areas to focus on throughout the competition, read our latest blog on the NOFA, here. Please register here for FY 2017 Continuum of Care Program NOFA: What’s Inside? on Aug 3, 2017 1:00 PM EDT. Register Here » New Alliance Brief on Unsheltered Homelessness: Trends, Causes, and Strategies to Address Unsheltered homelessness has generally been on the decline since 2007, but some communities are seeing an increased number of people sleeping on the streets, in cars, or in parks on any given night. We explore how trends in unsheltered homelessness vary across the U.S. and its relationship to factors like affordable housing, homelessness assistance resources, and barriers to assistance. See a summary and read the full brief here. Read More » Thursday, August, 24 at 2:00 PM – NEw WEBINAR WITH THE RAPID RE-HOUSING FOR YOUTH LEARNING COMMUNITY Need help determining if your community should implement the new TH-RRH joint component for youth experiencing homelessness? In this month’s online meeting of the Rapid Re-Housing for Youth Learning Community (RRH4YLC), National Alliance to End Homelessness experts and members of the RRH4YLC will share insights and answer questions about the joint component and how it should be strategically implemented to help end youth homelessness. Register here for the webinar:  Understanding HUD's New TH-RRH Joint Component on Thursday, August 24, at 2:00 PM Register Here » New Resource from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has released a new resource detailing new and ongoing federal and national initiatives to end youth homelessness. Learn more about them, including the NAEH Rapid Re-Housing for Youth Learning Community and the National Youth Forum on Homelessness, and how you can connect to participate here. Learn More » from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness Four Things to Keep in Mind for the 2017 CoC NOFA by Steve Berg As just about everyone working on homelessness knows, HUD has released the Notice of Funding Availability for its FY 2017 Continuum of Care. Applications are due September 28 at 8:00 p.m. eastern time, with a series of intermediate deadlines leading up to that. The Alliance will be conducting webinars and publishing blogposts and other materials, […] The post Four Things to Keep in Mind for the 2017 CoC NOFA appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | Senate Appropriations Committee Passes HUD Spending Bill: What It Means for Ending Homelessness by Steve Berg The Senate Appropriations Committee has now passed its version of a spending bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. Some things to note regarding programs that focus on Americans with the lowest incomes: This bill, like the House bill, is based on spending caps that return to very low "sequestration" levels. The Budget Control Act from […] The post Senate Appropriations Committee Passes HUD Spending Bill: What It Means for Ending Homelessness appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | Thank You, Wrap-Up, and Resources: 2017 National Conference on Ending Homelessness by Jared Thompson Thank you to everyone who was able to join us last week at the 2017 National Conference on Ending Homelessness and Capitol Hill Day for making it an incredible event yet again. More than 2,000 service providers, government leaders, advocates, and consumers convened together in our Nation's Capital at a pivotal time to work together, […] The post Thank You, Wrap-Up, and Resources: 2017 National Conference on Ending 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. Sign The Statement Sign the Never Another Homeless Veteran Statement! »