A pair of recent studies found that people are more likely to seek emergency healthcare services just prior to becoming homeless. Such findings invite service providers to reexamine their approaches to homelessness prevention and diversion. Homelessness and Medical Treatment Focusing […]
Category: System Design
The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Reduce Youth Homelessness
Late last month the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the third round of awards for its Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP). The total funding for this round is $75 million, and it will be distributed among […]
Family Homelessness: Measuring Progress
Updated January 2, 2020 The Alliance has released a new data tool to demonstrate state and local progress on ending family homelessness. The tool provides information derived from the 2018 and 2019 PIT and HIC data, and illustrates the capacity […]
Racial Disparities in the Homelessness System: Even the NOFA is Telling Us to Act!
For the second year in a row, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has taken the important step to encourage Continuums of Care (CoCs) to address racial equity in the homelessness system. Once again, CoCs are incentivized […]
The CoC Program NOFA is Here
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the 2019 CoC Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), and, like many of you, the Alliance staff spent a good portion of the holiday weekend reviewing it to […]