This guest post was written by Jill Khadduri, Senior Fellow and Principal Associate for Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates. Homelessness was once viewed as a permanent personal attribute, rather than a temporary condition. Long-term or repeated episodes on the […]
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We Finally Have a FY 2018 Budget. And There’s Good News.
Congress has now passed (and the president signed) a final government funding bill for fiscal year (FY) 2018. It includes plenty of good news for people working to end homelessness. This bill implements the budget deal that was passed several […]
Good Intentions Do Not End Homelessness: What We Must Learn From a Baby Named Hope
Her name is Crystal Champ. One week ago, however, during the State of the Union address, she was reduced to “a pregnant homeless woman preparing to inject heroin.” It is rare that homelessness or addiction find themselves in the spotlight […]
The Scoop on the Transitional Housing-Rapid Re-Housing Joint Component
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2017 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in July. The Alliance has a lot of resources which you can see here. Sign up for our newsletter […]
Four Things to Keep in Mind for the 2017 CoC NOFA
As just about everyone working on homelessness knows, HUD has released the Notice of Funding Availability for its FY 2017 Continuum of Care. Applications are due September 28 at 8:00 p.m. eastern time, with a series of intermediate deadlines leading […]