As 2022 comes to a close, here at the National Alliance to End Homelessness we are thinking about all of the things we are grateful for – but also about the work ahead of us. We want to share a […]
Category: Racial Inequalities
Reimagining Conferences, Uplifting Voices: What Equity Work is About
At the beginning of the year, as the new Chief Equity Officer, I wrote a blog post about the Alliance’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organization. I talked about the need for wholesale transformation – a movement that requires continuous […]
5 Pandemic-Related Lessons from the New AHAR Report
The Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) report highlights data focused on people living in homeless services system shelters throughout 2019 and 2020. This timeframe paints a picture of the status quo both immediately before and after the pandemic began. These […]
Moving The Needle: Leveraging the CoC Program Competition NOFO for Justice and Equity
The 2022 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) continues the work of past NOFOs by incorporating equity as a top priority, evident by the increase of available points in the 2022 CoC NOFO. Historically, CoC […]
Opening Plenary Remarks from CEO Ann Oliva, 2022 National Conference on Ending Homelessness
Thank you. It feels a bit surreal being up here today. Not just because I have gotten used to seeing so many of you in little zoom boxes, but because this is the first time in my own professional […]