United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)

Beyond CoC Funding: Federal Housing Resources to End Homelessness

10/18/2019 by Susan Pourciau, Policy Director

You may consider leveraging these federal housing resources in order to increase the availability of housing that is affordable in your community.

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Supporting Young Children: Connecting Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Programs to Early Care and Education

10/08/2019 by Sarah Vrabic, Early Childhood Education Specialist, People’s Emergency Center, and J.J. Cutuli, Senior Research Scientist, Nemours Children’s Health System

The BELL project in Philadelphia connects the homelessness services system to early care providers to support the development of young children experiencing homelessness.

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Advancing Employment, Equity, and an End to Homelessness: The Pathways Forward Challenge

09/16/2019 by Carrie Felton, Project Manager

The Pathways Forward Challenge asks communities to create more effective and equitable pathways to employment for people experiencing homelessness through bold systems change and collaboration.

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Project-Basing Mainstream Vouchers

08/23/2019 by Susan Pourciau, Policy Director

Vouchers available under HUD’s Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Program includes the opportunity to project-base the rental assistance.

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Building Relationships between HUD Multifamily Property Owners and Continuums of Care

08/14/2019 by Naomi Sweitzer, Consultant for Technical Assistance Collaborative

By partnering successfully with HUD Multifamily Housing developments local Continuums of Care can increase the number of housing units available to the homeless populations they serve.

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Disrupting the Cycle: HUD’S NOFA on Housing and Services for Human Trafficked Persons

08/13/2019 by Rexanah Wyse, Policy and Program Analyst

Through an unprecedented partnership between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, $14.5 million in funding is available to address housing and service... Continue Reading →

Reflections on a Federal Initiative to Address American Indian and Alaska Native Homelessness

07/09/2019 by Katie Jennings, Policy Analyst

Policy Analyst Katie Jennings reports on a federal TA initiative to support Tribes' efforts to increase the supply of housing available to end homelessness.

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Breaking New Ground by Focusing on Race

06/24/2019 by Ryan Vogt, Chief Operating Officer for Oregon Housing and Community Services

Oregon Housing and Community Services recently released their 5-year Statewide Housing Plan, Breaking New Ground. In the plan, Oregon is taking an intentional and bold focus on changing the... Continue Reading →

New Release! National Project Identifies Field-generated Youth Outcome Measures

06/20/2019 by Megan Blondin, Executive Director of Youth Collaboratory

This collaborative effort is the first to provide ways to measure and track specific outcomes related to youth homelessness.

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Eviction Prevention: A Conversation with Communities

05/06/2019 by Rexanah Wyse, Robert Pulster

We sat down with three communities for a roundtable discussion on eviction prevention and they shared how their communities are working to prevent people from losing their housing and... Continue Reading →