Some of the most important takeaways from the conference include: Emphasizing lived experience. People with lived experience of homelessness served as expert panelists in several conference sessions. It’s essential to include the ideas and understanding that people with lived experience […]
Category: Racial Inequalities
Analyzing Racial Disparities in the Homelessness System: We Need to Get Moving. The NOFO Tells Us How
The Alliance applauds its federal partners at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) for prioritizing racial equity in this year’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Continuums of Care (CoCs) are incentivized to assess their homelessness programs and […]
2021 NOFO: What Is HUD Looking For?
Such an analysis should influence how localities approach the new HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Analyzing systems can help communities identify key priority areas for improvement to meet their own goals of helping people quickly exit homelessness safely and […]
Don’t Let Time Be the Enemy of Equity
In the United States, which has experienced the greatest documented loss of life due to the virus, Latinx, American Indian/Alaskan Natives and African Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 as White/Non-Hispanic persons, according to the U.S. Centers […]
Using Federal Resources: The Time is Now – Making a Plan for Emergency Housing Vouchers
What Are EHVs? EHVs are administered through local public housing authorities (PHAs) in partnership with Continuums of Care (CoCs) and are targeted to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness who are referred by the CoCs or victim service providers. […]