Individuals experiencing homelessness include many older adults, often with compounding disabilities, who reside in large congregate facilities or in unsheltered locations with poor access to sanitation. Their age, poor health, disability, and living conditions make them highly vulnerable to illness. […]
Each year, thousands of volunteers fan out on a late January evening to identify people living outdoors as part of the annual homelessness Point-in-Time Count (PIT). This count provides the only national measure of those living without shelter: people residing […]
Welcome to the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference on Solutions for Individual Homeless Adults. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Ohlone group, and offer recognition and respect to the indigenous people past and present on whose […]
Over the course of the 2017-2018 school year, homeless school liaisons identified 1.5 million children living in doubled up situations due to economic necessity, in hotels or motels, in shelters or transitional housing, and in unsheltered locations. Nearly 9 percent […]
There have been a lot of things competing for your attention lately. In this busy holiday season, we are grateful for your lasting partnerships in communities near and far, and our collective spirit and dedication to ending homelessness together. Particularly around the holidays, we are reminded of the importance […]