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- Another big announcement today: HHS along with partners at 4 large foundations announce the 5 new expansion sites for supportive housing initiatives to keep children out of foster care, stabilize child-welfare involved families. Read more: http://www.rwjf.org/vulnerablepopulations/product.jsp?id=74831&cid=xtw_vp
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- BIG NEWS: The Amendment to Opening Doors, with a focus on educational outcomes and youth released today! We'll be presenting it to the Council at today's meeting. Read it now and learn about the updated strategies for children and youth: http://www.usich.gov/opening_doors/amendment_2012/
- A great article from the NYTimes Fixes blog on the work of Rapid Results communities in partnership w/ 100,000 Homes Campaign in their first 100 days - exceeding goals and making concrete changes in the way they help house Veterans in need. Learn more about this progress! http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/whe-one-fix-leads-to-another/
- Tomorrow our Council meeting will be webcast LIVE from HUD, where we'll be discussing family homelessness and announcing the Amendment to Opening Doors. Watch it at 1:30pm EDT, follow the conversation at #usich from @usichgov and more: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=%2Fwebcasts%2Fschedule
- Our new Senior Policy Advisor to the Executive Director Cathy Ten Broeke explains new program that matches youth experiencing homelessness with host homes in MN.
- Overcoming the legal challenges faced by youth experiencing homelessness.
- Barbara DiPietro of National Health Care for the Homeless Council explains Medicaid expansion, how ACA improves access for individuals experiencing homelessness and how communities can help:
- The new PHA toolkit from Corporation for Supportive Housing is out today! Learn about all the PHA resources you can use in efforts to develop supportive housing.
- New Homeless Leadership Board in Tampa to focus on families, unaccompanied youth in collaborative efforts.
- What We're Talking About This week: the needs of homeless children as they're headed back to school, rapid results communities ending Veterans homelessness on Monday, and the upcoming council meeting on families next Wednesday. Learn more about all these events and issues, and connect with us: http://www.usich.gov/media_center/blog/what_were_talking_about_the_week_at_usich_september_4_7/
- @BostonGlobe reports $5.3 million in federal Emergency Solutions Grant funds to be disbursed among 25 statewide groups addressing #homelessness in MA
- What are social impact bonds & how do they work to finance #homelessness initiatives for cities & states? Learn more from #NYC, #MA.
- U.S. 9th Circuit Court upholds order and protects the property of people experiencing #homelessness in Los Angeles.
- Florida law enforcement adopts new approach to connect people experiencing #homelessness with services and resources.
- A week from today we'll hold our Council Meeting at HUD focused on family #homelessness. It will be webcast here! http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=%2Fwebcasts%2Fschedule
- @BostonHerald reports University-funded program grants people experiencing #homelessness college credit.
- Cross-sector collaboration necessary to deplete #homelessness in Las Vegas by 2015. Learn more:
http://www.lvrj.com/view/police-aim-to-address-homeless-problem-with-proactive-program-168426106.html?ref=106 - Read our blog post today about new research on who applies for and receives mainstream rental assistance.
- CoC Registration now open in @HUDNews e-snaps system. Learn more here:
- West Philadelphia Center focuses on about 9,000 children experiencing #homelessness who go back to school this week.
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/43700 - @TheAtlantic reports recent survey that found 75% of youth experiencing #homelessness use at least one social network.
- What We're Talking About This Week: as we mark 2 years after combat missions in Iraq, a focus on an effective program for Veterans; LGBT youth homelessness, and state Medicaid waivers: http://www.usich.gov/media_center/blog/what_were_talking_about_the_week_at_usich_august/
- NM organization aims to improve communication across police, social workers, housing providers for comprehensive approach.
http://www.daily-times.com/farmington-news/ci_21388277/local-organization-working-combat-homelessness - In @NYTimes, clergy group proposes safer, provider-based alternative to street donations of food, clothing on CA’s Skid Row
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/us/clergy-group-seeks-end-to-giving-food-and-clothing-to-homeless-on-skid-row.html?_r=1 - MN's cost-saving #Medicaid Reform proposal plans to support people experiencing #homelessness by improving housing stability, mental health services and consistency of care.
https://edocs.dhs.state.mn.us/lfserver/Public/DHS-6535-ENG - LGBT Youth at a Higher Risk of #Homelessness @RuthEllisCenter—learn more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-a-hughes/lgbt-homeless-youth_b_1834210.html - Tampa struggles with unsheltered #homelessness and the RNC convention – learn more about solutions rather than criminalization: http://www.usich.gov/issue/alternatives_to_criminalization
- Learn more on how best to target HUD-VASH resources and learn from successful strategies in our toolkit: http://www.usich.gov/usich_resources/toolkits_for_local_action/using_hud_vash_to_end_veterans_homelessness/
- First-time HUD-VASH voucher/services funding to benefit Veterans experiencing #homelessness in Yuma, AZ.
http://www.yumasun.com/news/housing-81365-veterans-hacy.html - Missed any news in the last few weeks? Catch up with our newsletter today with news from 100KHomes, LA, New York, and more: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs075/1011269667270/archive/1110799767947.html
- The social determinants of health: how @HUDnews has been able to integrate housing and health throughout its history: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2012/08/20/hlthaff.2011.1014.full
- Regional Coordinator Matthew Doherty talks about his experience at Home for Good, and how he's witnessed a change in Los Angeles: http://www.usich.gov/media_center/blog/the_power_of_collaboration_at_work_in_los_angeles/
- What We're Talking About This Week: big news in Chicago, pursuing change with United Ways in Arizona, and more: http://www.usich.gov/media_center/blog/what_were_talking_about_the_week_at_usich_august_20_24/
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