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ARDRAW Small Grant Announcement

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Get funded for your graduate student research project! Get funded for your graduate student research project! ***TIME SENSITIVE -- PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY*** Applications for Research Stipends Due:  March 1, 2019 For more information and to apply :  http://ardraw.policyresearchinc.org The Social Security Administration has announced another round of funding for the Analyzing Relationships between Disability, Rehabilitation and Work (ARDRAW) small grant program. ARDRAW grant recipients are awarded a one-year $10,000 stipend to conduct supervised independent research designed to foster new analysis of work, rehabilitation, and disability issues, which may develop innovative and fresh perspectives on disability. Applicants must be masters, doctoral, or post-doctoral-level part-time or fu

RHY Update

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RHY Update Did you know that RHY Grantee Submissions for the Fall 2018 RHYHMIS database have started? RHY grantees will have from November 12 th  to November 30 th  to upload their RHY files.  The RHY Export has been updated on all customer sites and grantees can begin to pull their export files for upload to RhyPoint. RHY Grantees can submit directly to RhyPoint to get their data quality results.  There is no penalty for multiple submissions.  The data collection period is from 10/1/2017 to 9/30/2018 Additionally the 0263 RHY Data Quality Report is up to date Grantees should run the data quality report to review their data and then export each project type separately. Allowable RHY Project types are Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Homelessness Prevention and Street Outreach only. If you have further questions please submit a case through the Customer Community.

Free Housing First Webinar, November 14th, 1pm EST

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WEBINAR Dear colleagues, Hope all is well. I thought this free webinar might be of interest especially to those who are starting to work in Housing First programs. Best regards, Sam The Soros' Open Society Foundation-Incarceration Diversion Program, is pleased to offer a complimentary webinar on the Pathways Housing First model. Date:   Wednesday, November 14  2018 Time:  1PM to 2PM EST Place: Register Here!  You can register (first come first served) at no cost by using the link above.  This one hour   interactive presentation provides an introduction to Housing First and includes a special focus on assertive engagement. HOUSING FIRST:  from exclusion to inclusion This webinar will describe the Pathways Housing First (PHF) program, an evidence-based practice for individuals with complex needs who are 

Opportunity in Vacancy

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In This Issue: Election Results—Affordable Housing Was On the Ballot ● Five Ways to Improve Local Housing Policy ● How Teeth Affect Housing Stability ● Opportunity in Vacancy ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● You Said It! + Tuesday, November 13, 2018 In This Issue: Election Results—Affordable Housing Was On the Ballot ● Five Ways to Improve Local Housing Policy ● How Teeth Affect Housing Stability ● Opportunity in Vacancy ● Also : Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● You Said It! + There’s Opportunity in Vacancy Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce Thinking of abandoned properties as merely problems we wish would go away feeds into some of the less produc