Library — Federal Policy Brief

This resource provides the Alliance's comments comments on a new proposal by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would change regulations defining chronic homelessness for all of HUD’s homeless assistance programs.

Congress should provide at least $2.381 billion for Homeless Assistance Grants in FY 2014. This funding level would cover the cost of the renewal demand and expand permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing, while helping communities to expand their investment in the ESG program to begin to balance the loss of HPRP.

This one-pager provides background information on SAMHSA's Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program. It also explains the Alliance's recommendation that in FY 2014 the PATH program receive at least $75 million in appropriations.

This one-pager explains the Alliance's recommendation that in FY 2014 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) homeless programs receive at least $100 million in appropriations. SAMHSA homeless programs provide critical mental health and substance use treatment services and help chronically homeless families and individuals acquire and maintain permanent supportive housing.

In order to continue the progress toward ending homelessness for America's veterans, Congress should continue to fund HUD-VASH vouchers to provide housing, coupled with services, to chronically homeless veterans.

Congress could offer necessary, crisis services for homeless youth by appropriating at least $115 million in fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs.

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the core program intended to assist extremely low-income people with the cost of housing. Congress should work to address the shortage of affordable rental housing for low-income households.

This document summarizes the proposals included in the Obama Administration's fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget. This document compares the FY 2014 proposal to FY 2013 funding levels and is not adjusted for inflation.

SSVF provides the missing piece for VA to finally be able to end homelessness among veterans. Congress should continue to make ending homelessness among veterans a top priority by providing $300 million for the SSVF program in FY 2014, the amount requested by the President in his Budget Proposal.

Due to sequestration and expiring multi-year grants, $2.381 billion is needed to ensure that we continue our progress in working toward the goals of preventing and ending homelessness in America.

This resource provides the Alliance's comments on the Medicaid Proposed Rule of January 22, 2013. The Alliance's comments address several issues that affect vulnerable adults who are chronically homeless, at-risk of becoming chronically homeless, or recovering from chronic homelessness in permanent supportive housing.

This document is the final version of the Alliance’s comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), outlining recommendations on the interim rule for the Continuum of Care program as updated by the HEARTH Act of 2009.

This policy brief discusses how Medicaid health homes can help improve the behavioral and physical outcomes for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness and lead to positive housing outcomes.The brief explains the Medicaid health home benefit under the Affordable Care Act, and reviews models that have already been approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This federal policy brief describes child welfare’s National Youth in Transition Database, which collects data on the services provided to youth aging out of foster care as well as the reporting of outcomes for youth who have exited, which includes homelessness. The survey is first administered at age 17, and then again when the youth is 19 and 21.

This is a brief summary of the interim regulations for the new consolidated Continuum of Care (CoC) program. It highlights key aspects of the new regulations under the HEARTH Act.