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Secretary
Shaun Donovan

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Chairperson
Secretary Hilda Solis
Department of Labor

Vice Chairperson
Secretary Tom Vilsack
Department of Agriculture
Secretary Gary Locke
Department of Commerce
Secretary
Robert M. Gates

Department of Defense
Secretary Arne Duncan
Department of Education
Secretary
Dr. Steven Chu

Department of Energy
Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius

Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary
Janet Napolitano

Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Ken Salazar
Department of Interior
Attorney General
Eric Holder

Department of Justice
Commissioner
Michael J. Astrue

Social Security Administration
Secretary
Ray H. LaHood

Department of Transportation
Secretary
Eric K. Shinseki

Department of Veterans Affairs
Chief
Executive Officer
Patrick Corvington

Corporation for National and Community Service

Administrator
Martha N. Johnson
General Services Administration

Director Peter Orszag
Office of Management and Budget
Postmaster General
John E. Potter

United States Postal Service
Executive Director
Joshua DuBois

White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Barbara Poppe
Executive Director

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National Project Homeless Connect

The mission of National Project Homeless Connect is to bring communities together to create and promote tangible solutions that remedy the homelessness of their neighbors.

RELATED ITEMS 2005

"Instead of averting our eyes from homeless people and ignoring them, Project Homeless Connect offers us the opportunity to look our homeless neighbors in the eye and engage them."

- USICH Executive Director
Philip Mangano


National Project Homeless Connect Day: A First Among 10-Year Plan Cities

For the first time, 10-Year Plan communities joined together in a national event convened by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. National Project Homeless Connect Day took place in 26 cities around the country on December 8th, 2005.

Most participating communities organized one-stops run by volunteers offering homeless people assistance with housing, health care, legal issues, benefits enrollment, treatment and other basic needs. Over 16,000 people participated in the National Day, which brought together 8,870 people experiencing homelessness with 5500 community volunteers. 709 people left the streets as a result.

Project Homeless Connect, which originated in San Francisco and was central to the community response to Hurricane Katrina, continues to grow as an effective means of providing services and engaging the entire community. In the coming months, Connect events will take place in Portland, Oregon and Waco, Texas. Many of the cities that participated in the National Day are already making plans for their next Connect.

The Council will continue to provide support to cities interested in bringing this technology to their communities. Information helpful in the planning process will continue to be added to this website as it becomes available, and the USICH newsletter will continue to feature stories of Project Connect cities around the country.

"While there have been a host of governmental strategies and dedicated non-profit agencies committed to finding solutions to homelessness, the one missing piece has been the public's involvement . . . until now, there has never been a portal for citizens to get involved in creative solutions and witness tangible results."

- PHC Overview - San Francisco
July, 2005


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