It is with great relief (and bated breath) that many of us are watching declines in the number of new reported diagnoses, hospitalizations, and deaths due to COVID-19. Many are eager to dispense of the masks in indoor spaces, the […]
Category: COVID-19
What are the Latest Insights on Vaccination for People Experiencing Homelessness?
The CDC believes that Omicron will spread more easily than the previous variant and recommends that everyone get vaccinations and booster shots. Although many communities are seeing reductions in cases, hospitalizations, or deaths, these outcomes are not being experienced in […]
Latest Federal Data Provides a Valuable, but Incomplete, View of Homelessness in the First Year of COVID-19
Although Several Questions Persist, Decreases in Sheltered Homelessness Suggest the Positive Impacts of Federal Relief Resources and Homelessness System Efforts The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released the 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress […]
Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness
Testimony of Alliance CEO, Nan Roman, to the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee (Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance) at the Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness hearing (February 2, 2022). Thank you so […]
Conducting the 2022 Point-in-Time Count During the Omicron Surge
However, the Omicron variant is dramatically increasing the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide, causing some CoCs to revisit their plans for collecting this critical data. Many communities did not conduct an unsheltered count last year due to the pandemic and […]