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Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training Register Today: Lead Safe Housing Rule Amendment Trainings – Los Angeles, CA – October 2, 2019 Do you know how the amendment in the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) affects your work as a public housing agency (PHA), grantee, or assisted housing owner? HUD...

September 12, 2019 The SAMHSA Headlines—Your one-stop source for the latest from SAMHSA. Events Training and events are available for practitioners through many of SAMHSA's Training and Technical Assistance Centers. Some of these are highlighted below.  Note that some of them require advance registration. Visit SAMHSA's Practitioner Training webpage for a more complete listing. SAMHSA's National Recovery Month 2019 Recovery Month is a national observance held every September to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with mental and substance use disorders to live healthy and rewarding lives. Now in its 30th year, Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery. Watch the video message from Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D. Save the d...

This week, Members of Congress return from their long summer recess. And the Senate's key task is to finalize as many spending bills as possible before the end of the fiscal year, which is September 30. Your senators have many priorities competing for their attention. So, it's essential they hear from you . WHAT WE ARE ASKING The Alliance is calling on Congress to increase funding for HUD's homeless assistance programs to $3 billion for Fiscal Year 2020. WHY NOW? Earlier this year, the House allocated $2.8 billion in its first spending bill. That's an increase, but it's just not enough to maintain progress on ending homelessness. However, if Senate appropriators make a real commitment, we'll have the best shot at getting the resources we need in the final budget. Will you help us? HOW TO HELP Please  use our advocacy tools to email your senators , and ask them to contact the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee lead...

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training SAVE THE DATE! HOPWA Modernization National Webinar - November 7, 2019 - 1 PM EST HUD's Office of HIV/AIDS Housing (OHH) will host a webinar on Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) formula modernization on Thursday, November 7, 2019 a...

Transition Training for Women Veterans, Equine Therapy #VetResources  - for Veterans, their Families, Caregivers, and Survivors Have a resource to share? Tweet it using #VetResources Honoring Fallen Veterans Online The Veterans Legacy Memorial  is the first digital platform dedicated entirely to memory preservation for the 3.7 million Veterans interred in VA national cemeteries. Each Veteran will have their own memorial page. Search the site for Veterans, find out where they are buried and read the details of their lives and service. Future capabilities may be expanded to allow families, survivors, fellow Veterans and others to add photos and share memories to a deceased Veteran's memorial page. LEARN MORE VA, IBM Unveil AI-Powered Mental Fitness App to Help Veterans Transition, Find Employment The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs...