The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced $30 million in new funding for Family Unification Program (FUP) vouchers. FUP vouchers are a vital tool in the fight to end homelessness for families and youth. They can […]
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A Workforce and Housing System that Works for Everyone
Helping people find employment is an important strategy to prevent and end homelessness. New research and on-the-ground experiences show that these efforts are most effective when homeless service and public workforce systems have a close partnership. A recent study from the […]
Addressing Chronic Homelessness: What the Research Tells Us
This guest post was written by Jill Khadduri, Senior Fellow and Principal Associate for Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates. Homelessness was once viewed as a permanent personal attribute, rather than a temporary condition. Long-term or repeated episodes on the […]
Making the Shift from ‘Cookie-Cutter’ Rapid Re-Housing to a Program that Houses as Many People as Possible
Scott Yard is the Director of Emergency & Prevention Programs for the Human Services department of Carroll County, Maryland. In this role, Scott directs the county’s rapid re-housing program. Scott recently attended the Alliance’s Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) Learning Collaborative in […]
Time for Change: Findings from the SPARC Study on Race and Homelessness
This guest post was written by Jeffrey Olivet and Marc Dones, lead authors of Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities Phase One Report. In recent years, an increasingly urgent dialogue has emerged around race and equity in America. But that dialogue has generally overlooked […]