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Integrating Rapid Re-Housing Programs and Policy with Employment is Essential to Ending Family Homelessness

04/17/2017 by Caitlin C. Schnur, Policy Associate, National Initiatives on Poverty & Economic Opportunity, Heartland Alliance

It’s vital to enhance rapid re-housing implementation and policy to ensure that all participants have access to employment, training, and supportive services that can help them succeed... Continue Reading →

Houston Pilots Coordinated Entry for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

04/14/2017 by Barbie Brashear, MSW, and James Gonzalez, LMSW, Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council

Houston Domestic Violence providers are piloting two coordinated entry projects.

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National Child Abuse Prevention Month: Strengthening Families and Protecting Children

04/01/2017 by Jasmine Hayes, Deputy Director

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, an opportunity to acknowledge and raise awareness of the important roles we all play—families, communities, service providers, researchers, policy... Continue Reading →

Successfully Connecting People Affected by Opioid Use to Housing: Central City Concern in Portland, Oregon

03/22/2017 by USICH and Rachel Post, Public Policy Director at Central City Concern

USICH will be exploring, through an occasional series of interviews and articles, how different agencies and organizations support successful housing outcomes and recovery for people who have experienced the... Continue Reading →

Supporting Young Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness

11/15/2016 by Marsha R. Basloe, Senior Advisor for Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services

Learn more about HHS' Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) new regulations for Head Start, a program that directly serves children ages zero to five and their families.... Continue Reading →

Elevating Employment as an Essential Element of Rapid Re-Housing

10/26/2016 by Helen Howell, Executive Director, Building Changes

New report from Building Changes offers guidance and strategies for workforce and homelessness housing systems collaboration to ensure employment services are fully accessible to families experiencing homelessness.

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Building School-Housing Partnerships for Families Experiencing Homelessness: Kansas City, KS and the 1400 Diplomas Initiative

10/13/2016 by Kerry Wrenick, McKinney-Vento Liaison, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools and Jasmine Hayes, Deputy Director, USICH

Learn more about Kansas City, Kansas' innovative and collaborative initiative to increase the housing stability and school attendance of children and youth experiencing homelessness.

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Domestic Violence Service Providers: Key Partners in Preventing and Ending Homelessness

10/11/2016 by Brittani Manzo, Management and Program Analyst

Throughout Domestic Violence Awareness Month and every day, we stand with the victims and survivors of domestic violence and recognize the tireless efforts of the advocates, service providers, and... Continue Reading →

Key Amendments to McKinney-Vento Act Take Effect October 1

09/30/2016 by Jasmine Hayes, Deputy Director

October 1, 2016 marks the date when a number of new provisions to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, take effect. These new... Continue Reading →

Keeping Families Together: Tailoring Interventions for High-Needs Families

03/02/2016 by Deborah De Santis, President & CEO, CSH and Jasmine Hayes, Policy Director, USICH

Supportive housing is showing great promise for high-needs families facing the most significant and complex challenges. 

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