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10-Year Plans
State Interagency Councils
Federal Resources
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Homelessness is a national problem with local solutions. No one federal agency, no one level of government and no one sector of the community can reach the goal of ending homelessness alone. Federal agency collaborations and partnerships with state and local governments and the private and faith-based and community sectors are key to achieving the objectives of preventing and ending homelessness. The Council has established a broad range of intergovernmental partnerships:
Federal Regional Interagency Councils
The Interagency Council has encouraged the development of Federal Regional Interagency Councils through which key regional representatives of Federal agencies are convened to mirror the work of the federal partners in Washington to make resources more available and accessible to homeless people.
State Interagency Councils on Homelessness.
Every State and territory has been encouraged by the Interagency Council to establish by legislative authority or Governor's Executive Order a State Interagency Council on Homelessness with representation at the Cabinet level from the mainstream income support, health care, behavioral health, human services, veterans, corrections, transportation, education, and labor departments and agencies. To date, Governors of 53 states and territories have taken steps to create State Interagency Councils on Homelessness.
Jurisdictional 10-Year Plans to End Chronic Homelessness.
The Administration has set a goal of ending chronic homelessness. Cities and Counties across the country are being encouraged by the Council to create business-like, results-oriented 10-Year Plans that incorporate cost benefit analysis and prevention, housing, and services innovations and best practices. 300 cities and counties are underway with this jurisdictional planning effort with many having already begun implementation. In 2006, the State of Michigan directed the development of 60 new 10-Year Plans covering all 83 of its counties, providing a new model of Federal, State, and local jurisdictional partnership and planning. Legislation enacted by the State of Washington has also resulted in the creation of local jurisdictional 10-Year Plans throughout that state. Please see Tools section this page for additional information and resources.
Technical Assistance and Support.
Through the commitment of former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez, who was instrumental in revitalizing the Council and served as chairman of the Council during the first year, the Council has Regional Coordinators to facilitate the Council's mission at the local, state, and regional level. The Regional Coordinators are tasked with the responsibility to facilitate creation, and provide ongoing technical assistance to, Regional Federal Interagency Councils, State Interagency Councils on Homelessness, Jurisdictional 10-Year Plans, and Project Homeless Connect events.
Michael German
Regional Coordinator Team Leader
40 Marietta Street
Five Points Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Tel: (404) 331-5001 ext. 2147
Fax: (404) 331-4020
michael.german@usich.gov
John O’Brien
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building
10 Causeway Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02222-1092
Tel: (617) 994-8203
Fax: (617) 565-6558
john.o’brien@usich.gov
Daryl Hernandez
Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Tel: (312)-353-6236, ext 2090
Fax: (312)-353-1370
daryl.hernandez@usich.gov
Ed Cabrera
600 Harrison Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107-1300
Tel: (415) 489-6407
Fax: (415) 489-6419
eduardo.cabrera@usich.gov
Paul Carlson
909 First Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: (206) 220-5362
Fax: (206) 220-5108
paul.carlson@usich.gov
National Project Homeless Connect.
The Council actively works to identify and promote the rapid dissemination and replication of proven innovations to end homelessness. One of those innovations is Project Homeless Connect, a one day, one stop engagement model with immediacy of outcome as a guiding principle, initiated by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and now being promoted by the Council for replication in cities across the country. Sponsored by Mayors and other community leaders and with the help of the business community and volunteers from all walks of life, Project Homeless Connect engages homeless people from off the streets and in shelters and connects them to a range of resources - housing, jobs, medical care, mainstream benefits application assistance - that can put them on the road to recovery and self sufficiency. Please visit our National Project Homeless Connect web page
on this website for additional information.
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