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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (www.dhhs.gov
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| U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
( http://www.hud.gov
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| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
( http://www.va.gov
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| U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
( http://www.ich.gov
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U.S. Department of Labor ( http://www.dol.gov
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| National Organizations
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, www.bazelon.org.
The Bazelon Center focuses on the legal rights of people with
mental disabilities in managed care systems; use of the Federal
Fair Housing Act to challenge housing discrimination; protections
under the Americans with Disabilities Act for people with
mental disabilities in the workplace; legislative updates;
and handbooks, manuals, and reports.
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| Beyond Shelter, www.beyondshelter.org,.
Beyond Shelter is a private, nonprofit agency whose mission
is to combat chronic poverty, welfare dependency and homelessness
among families with children, through the provision of housing
and social services and the promotion of systemic change. |
Center for Urban Community Services, www.cucs.org.
CUCS provides technical assistance and training to organizations
to enhance their efforts to help people who are homeless with
mental illnesses and other special needs access housing and
supportive services. This site provides a wealth of information
about housing and service initiatives and links to other effective
resources. |
Corporation for Supportive Housing, www.csh.org.
CSH provides on-site technical assistance and training on
all aspects of the development and operation of supportive
housing for people who have experienced homelessness, including
funding the supportive services, approaches to employment,
etc. Their website includes links to local programs, a legislative
action center, a resources page, online publications, and
a contacts list. |
HomeBase: Center for Common Concern, www.homebaseccc.org.
HomeBase provides technical assistance, training, and information
on ending homelessness, preventing its recurrence, and decreasing
its effect on communities. Their approach emphasizes identifying
the causes of homelessness and developing and implementing
long-term solutions that address these causes. |
National Alliance to End Homelessness,
www.naeh.org.
This site includes statistics, policy and legislative information,
publications, best practices and profiles, publications, fact
sheets, links, and other resources on homelessness. |
National Center on Family Homelessness,
www.familyhomelessness.org.
This site provides information about programs and services
available for long-term solutions for homeless families, research
and evaluation, program design and implementation, and policy
and public information. |
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans,
www.nchv.org.
This site provides a fact sheet and answers to frequently
asked questions about veterans who are homeless. There is
also a brief guide to starting a homeless veterans program.
Current policy issues and the concept of StandDown community-based
interventions are also discussed. |
National Health Care for the Homeless Council,
www.nhchc.org.
This site has a policy and advocacy section with several papers
and legislative updates online. Other sections include research,
clinical resources, training and education, and publications
such as newsletters and fact sheets. |
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty,
www.nlchp.org.
This site includes fact sheets on housing, health, and SSI/SSDI,
Food Stamps, quality of life issues, and also provides a list
of its publications and links to other sites. |
National Network for Youth, www.NN4youth.org.
The National Network actively engages in public education
efforts, promotes youth/adult partnerships, supports the delivery
of high quality, effective programs and services among youth-serving
agencies, and provides training and technical assistance. |
| National Resource Center on Homelessness
and Mental Illness, www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov.
This site includes annotated bibliographies and a searchable
database of resources related to homelessness and mental illness,
as well as fact sheets, statistics, training and technical
assistance information, referral lists and links to other
sites. |
| Technical Assistance Collaborative, www.tacinc.org.
TAC provides on-site technical assistance on the full range
of mainstream and targeted federal housing programs and policies
that can expand affordable housing for people who experience
homelessness. Their website includes a great deal of related
information about the development and financing of housing
for people with disabilities. |
