Ending homelessness through policy

spotlight on... Webinar — Engaging Your Elected Officials: What You Can Do to Help End Homelessness Join the Alliance for a discussion of our top legislative priorities for the coming year: funding for homeless assistance programs; affordable housing; preventing the addition of arbitrary work requirements to federal assistance programs; and permanent authorization for the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. You’ll also hear from the Alliance’s National Field Organizer about building momentum in your district during the August recess and maintaining year-round engagement with your elected officials. Webinar: Thursday, July 12 at 12:30 p.m. ET • Register   Register» Webinar — Understanding the FY 2018 CoC Program Competition NOFA The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness will host a webinar on Wednesday, July 11 at 2:30 p.m. ET to share how system leaders can complete a successful FY 2018 NOFA application. The webinar will focus on priorities in this year’s NOFA and the process for completing the application. Webinar: Wednesday, July 11 at 2:30 p.m. ET • Register Register» Connecting More People Experiencing Homelessness to Employment​​ A new research brief from the Heartland Alliance explores ways that federal policy can support increased employment opportunities and economic mobility for people experiencing housing instability. Pathways Forward recommends that federal agencies help address knowledge gaps, support pilot projects, build local capacity, and clarify policies. Read More » from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness Using Smart Outreach and Housing First to End Unsheltered Homelessness in Nevada by Ben Cattell Noll This post is part of Unsheltered, an Alliance blog series exploring the crisis of unsheltered homelessness in the United States. You can catch up on the whole series here. There are tunnels running under the streets of Las Vegas. They were built to collect rainwater during the monsoon season so that the casinos don’t flood. But for […] The post Using Smart Outreach and Housing First to End Unsheltered Homelessness in Nevada appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | Veteran Homelessness: What's Working, What to Watch by NAEH This guest post was written by Rebecca Cohen, associate in the Social & Economic Policy Division of Abt Associates. In May 2018, Kittitas County became the latest community to be recognized by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as having effectively […] The post Veteran Homelessness: What's Working, What to Watch appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | When Communities Team Up, More People Get Housing by NAEH For the past ten years, federal policy and community practices have focused on the value of collaboration and a system-wide approach to ending homelessness. That's why, in 2014, The National Alliance to End Homelessness introduced the concept of a Learning Collaborative. This effort brings together dozens of homeless services organizations across a state or region […] The post When Communities Team Up, More People Get Housing appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | About Us The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit, non-partisan, organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. 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.