Congress’s recent passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 (OCRA) is a step in the right direction to combat growing opioid use disorder (OUD) across the country. While OCRA won’t be enough to fully solve the epidemic, it […]
Category: Policy
Reviewing Congress’s To-Do List on Ending Homelessness
The House of Representatives has adjourned until after the November election, and the Senate will soon follow. Here are the actionable things related to homelessness that Congress got done (or is just finishing up); and the one big thing that […]
Key Takeaways from #NAEH2018
Thanks once again to everyone who came to the National Conference on Ending Homelessness, and to the many more who followed the action on Twitter or watched speeches on Facebook Live. Here are my key takeaways: People working to end […]
To Address Unsheltered Homelessness, Shelter and Housing Must Be Connected
This post is part of Unsheltered, an Alliance blog series to explore the crisis of unsheltered homelessness in the United States. You can catch up on the whole series here. Quickly getting people into housing is one central function of […]
Will Congress Make Ending Homelessness a Priority? Here’s What We Know
Communities across the nation are working to end homelessness – but they can’t do it without federal dollars. That’s why the Alliance is watching closely as the federal budget process unrolls for the 2019 fiscal year (FY). Congress has reached […]