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2016 Human Services Conference - Hosted by MCAP REGISTRATION 2016 Human Service Conference An Awesome Training and Networking Opporunity Looking to sharpen your direct service practice, management, and leadership skills? Rejuvenate your passion? Join us for the 2016 Human Services Conference:  "Partners in Excellence" Regular Registration Rates Apply Until April 8, 2016  Full Conference Rate: $385 | One Day Conference Rate: $ 200 REGISTER TODAY! Your Full Conference Registration Package Includes: *Admittance to innovative and educational presentations, and workshops. *Exclusive networking opportunities. *Access to motivating speakers. *CEUs for workshops and panels for a small fee.  *Networking Reception on Tuesday, May 3 *Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 4  *Partnership Luncheon on Thursday, May 5 *Conference Bag and Souvenir Itinerary Pro...

Upcoming: Housing Access and Stability with SOAR Webinar - April 7, 2016 - 3:00 PM EDT For individuals with disabilities who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, lack of stable income can mean the difference between housing and living on the streets. This webinar will introduce the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) latest issue brief "Housing Access and Stability with SOAR." You will hear from three providers who have successfully integrated SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) and Housing First. You will learn how these programs obtained funding, engaged housing providers, and created an effective and lasting SOAR initiative! This webinar is recommended for SOAR State Leads, Local Leads, Coordinators, S...

Nearly 14 million Americans live in extremely poor neighborhoods, more than twice as many as in 2000. The economic downturn in the early 2000s, which was followed by slow job growth and then the Great Recession, sent the poverty rate soaring. The growing concentration of poverty is closely linked to the availability of affordable housing, the report from Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program found. In 2000, there were just over 2,000 Census tracts with concentrated rates of poverty -- where 40% or more of residents are poor. in the period between 2010 and 2014, that number had grown to nearly 4,200. Brookings compared data from the 2000 decennial Census and from the American Community Survey that looked at 2010 through 2014. Poverty often becomes concentrated in neighborhoods with blocks of public or subsidized housing. Also, it can happen when middle income families move away, leaving the poor behind, said study co-author Elizabeth Kneebone, a...

Updated by   Soo Oh   on March 30, 2016, 11:00 a.m. ET   soo@vox.com Low-income Americans are experiencing a staggering price hike in housing costs — a change that makes it sometimes impossible to afford basic necessities. A  new Pew Charitable Trusts analysis of data  from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in 2013, low-income Americans spent a median of $6,897 on housing. In 2014, that rose to $9,178 — the biggest jump in housing spending for the 19-year period of data that Pew studied. The cost of other necessities, like transportation and food, also rose, albeit not as dramatically. 2014 was the first year that Pew studied in which median spending on these three categories was higher than the median income for those in the lower third of income groups. Lower income groups earn less income, while the costs of basic living are rising. Rent is making up nearly half of their expenditures.  Download the data here. "We show in these...

By  Karin Brulliard   March 31 at 3:15 PM (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) Pit bulls are pretty much Public Enemy No. 1 of American dogs. They’ve got a reputation for being dangerous, though whether that’s due to nature or nurture is  the subject of much debate . In any case, pit owners who want to live in San Francisco have to sterilize their dogs. If they fancy moving with their dogs to  Miami  or  Denver , well, they’d best forget it: Laws ban pit bulls from setting foot — er, paw — in either city. That scorn persists even though many dogs labeled pit bulls — which isn’t a breed, but a category that includes American pit bull terriers and Staffordshire terriers — aren’t genetically pit bull-types at all. In fact, according to a  new study , in animal shelters it persists in part  because  of that labeling. Shelters typically identify dogs’ breeds based on information from...

Today, HUD Field staff heard a presentation on COC performance measurement by Norm Suchar, Director of HUD’s SNAP Office. It’s important to understand that the measurement describes an assessment of the COC OVERALL and not on a project-by-project basis. Future NOFA’s will contain references to these measurements, so I encourage all COCs to read the attachments and visit the HUD webpage link below. The files transmit the following System Measures PowerPoint Presentation: The first link is to the System Measures page on the HUD Exchange. https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/system-performance-measures/ The second link is to a very brief document that describes the intent of the measures. https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/system-performance-measures-in-context.pdf Ann M. Schenning Senior CPD Representative U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 10 South Howard Street Baltimore, MD 21201

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Addressing the Diaper Gap – How to Help Low Income Families Buy the Diapers They Need Nearly 1 in 3 American families struggle to afford enough diapers for their children, which can lead to serious health problems for both babies and parents. To address this issue, the White House has called on private and non-profit leaders to explore creative ways to make it easier and more affordable for non-profits to provide diapers to the households that they serve. In response, several corporations including Jet, First Quality, Huggies, and The Honest Company have ste...

Educate New Staff on What Works: Veteran Homelessness 101, New Offering at the NCHV Annual Conference 2016 NCHV Annual Conference will provide valuable training for your staff and community Download the 2016 NCHV Annual Conference brochure  Have you added new staff members in the last few years who need to build a better foundation in our specialized area of working with veterans who are homeless? Do you work in the homeless service movement already, but want to learn more about the foundational programs and promising practices for working with the veteran community? Register now  for the 2016 NCHV Annual Conference and participate in a brand new training program: Veteran Homelessness 101 on June 1. This four-hour targeted immersion training will save you months of training for new staff members. Our TA Center team and a cadre of...