SPOTLIGHT
President's FY2011 Budget for Homeless
Assistance Programs
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An 11.5% increase over FY2010 and the largest
ever proposed by a President.
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Obama Administration Holds First Interagency
Council Meeting in
2010
The
first USICH full Council meeting of 2010 was held
this week despite the Federal Government's
closure. A productive meeting among member
agencies led the USICH members to charge the
Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End
Homelessness planning process to align federal
resources effectively and appropriately toward
four key objectives.
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USICH Leading Collaborative Process
to Draft Comprehensive Plan to End Homelessness
Despite the fact that there is
a very tight timeline for developing the Federal
Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, it
is very important to the USICH that there be input
from a broad range of stakeholders. To that end,
USICH staff are hosting stakeholder listening
sessions across the
country.
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Development of the Federal
Strategic Plan to Prevent and End
Homelessness
Last May, the Homeless
Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to
Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act) reauthorized the
USICH. The Act called for the USICH to deliver to
Congress no later than May 20, 2010, a national
strategic plan to end homelessness. To meet this
requirement, USICH members and staff are
developing the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent
and End Homelessness.
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. . . to coordinate the federal
response to homelessness and to create a national
partnership at every level of government and with
the private sector to reduce and end homelessness
in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness
of the Federal Government in contributing to the
end of
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