Resource Key Issue: Federal Funding
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Understanding the Special NOFO to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness
HUD’s newly-announced supplemental NOFO is making $322 million available for communities to address both unsheltered and rural homelessness. This funding provides an opportunity for CoCs to identify strategic approaches to reducing and eventually ending unsheltered homelessness in their communities.
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The FY24/25 NOFO: Creating a Roadmap to an Effective, Efficient & Equitable Homeless Response System
With $3.524 billion in funding made available through the FY2024 and FY2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Grants, Continuums of Care everywhere are well underway with their local processes.
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FY25 Funding (in millions) for Selected Homelessness and Housing Programs
This chart shows FY25 funding (in millions) for selected homelessness and housing programs.
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How Federal Funding Sparks Innovation on Unsheltered Homelessness
In 2023, thirty-two communities across the country won significant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to respond to unsheltered homelessness.
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Alliance Resource Series: Using COVID-19 Federal Funding to End Homelessness
Federal relief funds to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic provide communities with an opportunity to end homelessness for more people than ever before.
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Surveying Local Homeless Service Providers (Part 3): Responses from November 2020
The latest installment of community surveys reflects the findings of a third online survey of Continuum of Care leaders. These findings reflect how homeless service providers and systems…
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How to Effectively Work with Federal, State, and Local Leaders
Regular engagement with elected officials is critical to any community’s efforts to end homelessness.
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Funding for Youth Rapid Re-Housing Has Grown 20x Since 2014
Thanks to the leadership of innovative youth RRH providers and the advocacy of young people themselves, communities are embracing Housing First and rapid re-housing (RRH) to end youth…
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Increased Investments in Ending Veteran Homelessness Are Paying Off
Since 2010, the United States has cut veteran homelessness almost in half, providing a model for ending homelessness for all groups nationwide. Three components were critical to this decline:..
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Homelessness and the Opioid Crisis: Background, Funding, and Resources
In October, 2017, President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. Years of rising prescription opioid use and misuse, followed by a surge in the use of illicit opioids have led to a spike in both overdoses and deaths in the United States.