Continuum of Care News

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training Upcoming Webinar: Rehousing Strategy in the Midst of COVID-19 - June 4, 2020 - 3:30 PM EDT HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) invites Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) recipients, homeless assistance providers, and their partners t...

Best Practices A practical newsletter for people ending homelessness. National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on Structural Racism and Racial Inequity     The National Alliance to End Homelessness stands in solidarity with all parties fighting to end pervasive structural racism in the United States. The recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor reinforce a terrible legacy of systematic racism, racial injustice, and senseless violence inflicted against African Americans. It is time now that we all stand up in opposition to such oppression.  The vast racia...

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training Register Today: HOPWA COVID-19 Response Webinar – Review of 2nd Mega-Waiver and FAQs - June 8, 2020 - 2:00 PM EDT The Office of HIV/AIDS Housing (OHH) is hosting a webinar on June 8, 2020 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT for Housing Opportunities for Person...

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training Don't Delay: Take the Building HOME Online Training Today Have you and your staff explored the new Building HOME Online Training ? Whether you’re new to the HOME Program or want to deepen your knowledge, the Building HOME Online Training is for you!...

Join us for our June SOARing Over Lunch Call! SOARing Over Lunch! Tuesday, June 9, 2020 1:00 p.m. ET Our next SOARing Over Lunch  call is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, at 1:00 p.m. ET . Please join us for this informal call to have your SOAR questions answered directly by the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center! While there is no agenda set in advance for these calls, we do want your ideas! Please e-mail us at soar@prainc.com to submit any questions and/or topics that you would like us to discuss.  ** These are listen-only calls.** Participants will type questions into a chat box and listen to the presentation via computer speakers. Log-in:  h ttps://prainc.adobeconnect.com/soaringoverlunch2/ Choose Listen Only on the bottom right of the Join Audio Conference box.* ...

The purpose of these webinar sessions is to welcome new system administrators to the family and set them up for success, insofar as understanding how to interact with WellSky staff, and how to use the various tools we've made available to them for communicating with us. WEBINAR: System Administration Orientation for WellSky Community Services Friday, June 5 at 3 pm ET / Noon PT  We want to help new system administrators of WellSky Community Services (ServicePoint) hit the ground running! Join us for this one-hour orientation that will direct you to all the resources that can help you succeed. Hosted by the WellSky account team, this session will cover: Support requests Customer Community resources Upgrade procedures Training opportunities Communications, roadmaps, and more You'll also have the chance to ask questions. This session is designed fo...

We're committed to doing the best for all our readers and the field we serve, and that's why we've made the difficult decision to ... Dear Shelterforce reader, While the world is a very different place than it was just a few months ago,  Shelterforce  is keeping busy, doing what we’ve always done—bringing you stories that both inform your work and help you advocate to others. Over the past two months  we have published stories  about what is required to make an  eviction moratorium effective ,  various ways housing policy must change in the wake of COVID-19, and the challenges  nonprofit housing organizations   face as tenants struggle to pay rent. Our story about a  man illegall...