The National Alliance to End Homelessness asked homeless providers, leaders, advocates, allies, and those with lived homelessness to complete a survey on what they needed to protect people experiencing homelessness from COVID-19. The Alliance released the survey on March 20 […]
Category: Federal Funding
What’s in the Coronavirus Bill for Homelessness?
The Senate has passed the CARES Act, the third and largest supplemental spending bill responding to the COVID-19 epidemic and resulting economic dislocation. Every indication is that the House of Representatives will pass the bill and the President will sign […]
Fact Sheet: Population At-Risk – Homelessness and the COVID-19 Crisis
People experiencing homelessness are uniquely at risk for contracting COVID-19. The Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute has compiled a fact sheet on COVID-19 and homelessness, based on researchers’ recent recommendations on how to serve this vulnerable population during the pandemic. These recommendations […]
Researchers Send Open Letter to the Administration: Follow the Evidence on Homelessness
This post is authored by Marybeth Shinn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. Last week, I joined over 50 other researchers in writing an open letter to the Trump Administration. The goal was to urge the […]
Homelessness & COVID-19: Considerations and Action Steps
This document was created and supported by the National Association of Community Health Centers, the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and UnitedHealthcare Community & State. The full document is available here. State of Play: […]