United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)

Employment First: A Powerful Tool for Ending Homelessness

02/26/2018 by Jean-Michel Giraud, President and CEO, Friendship Place

Employment First empowers people experiencing homelessness and unemployment to find jobs and housing at the same time.

SAMHSA Funding Opportunity Expands Access to Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness

02/13/2018 by Lindsay Knotts, Policy Director

A recently announced funding opportunity from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is designed to expand access to behavioral health care and substance use... Continue Reading →

Centering Youth of Color & LGBTQ Young People in Efforts to End Homelessness

02/12/2018 by Megan Gibbard Kline, Director, A Way Home America

It is now clearer than ever that we cannot solve youth homelessness nationwide unless we can solve it for the most vulnerable young people.

Continue Reading →

Boston’s Housing Surges: Helping Older Adults Experiencing Chronic Homelessness Find a Permanent Place To Call Home

01/30/2018 by Laila Bernstein, Emily Cooper, Susan Ciccarello, and Gail Livingston

More than half of the individuals experiencing chronic homelessness in Boston are 50 or older. To address their unique health and medical needs, the City of Boston hosted three... Continue Reading →

Serving Survivors, Ending Family Homelessness: Reflections on How Far We’ve Come and the Road Ahead

01/29/2018 by Marylouise Kelley, PhD, Director of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program at HHS/FYSB, and Brittani Manzo, USICH Policy Advisor

Marylouise Kelley shares her reflections on the transformation underway to strengthen partnerships between domestic violence and homelessness service providers, the work we still have to do, and her hopes... Continue Reading →

Don’t Miss Round Two of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

01/26/2018 by Jasmine Hayes, Deputy Director

We encourage you to apply for HUD's recently announced Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to competitively award $43 million for the second round of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program ... Continue Reading →

We Are Delighted To Introduce Four New Members of Our Team!

01/25/2018 by USICH

We are delighted to introduce you to our four newest staff members!

Continue Reading →

Remarks from Matthew Doherty on HUD’s Award of $2 Billion to Continuums of Care Across the United States

01/11/2018 by USICH Communications

Remarks from Executive Director Matthew Doherty at a press conference regarding HUD's award of $2 billion to CoCs across the United States.

Continue Reading →

Responding to Racial Inequities Within our Systems of Care

01/10/2018 by Cindy Crain, CEO of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance

As the facilitators of our community homelessness response systems, we must intentionally and actively respond to the history of racism within our systems of care in order to make... Continue Reading →

Harnessing the Power of Collective Impact to End Homelessness

01/09/2018 by Jennifer Loving, CEO, Destination: Home

Santa Clara County has found success in using a collective impact model.

Continue Reading →