RT @HUDgov: The Biden-Harris Administration announced a series of measures to address homelessness across the country, reaffirming the Admi….

How can health systems and hospitals help solve homelessness? Join @USICHgov and @aboutKP for a webinar on recent federal guidance and effective strategies for collaborative and compassionate care for people experiencing homelessness. Register today:

NEWS: Veteran homelessness has dropped to its lowest level on record—from 35,574 to 32,882—which represents a 7.5% drop since last year, 11.7% drop since 2020, and 55.6% drop since 2010.

Have you read the latest USICH newsletter? Click to read about:. ➡️ USICH's new National Youth Homelessness Partnership.➡️ Local and federal efforts to prevent families from losing their homes.➡️ How people without a permanent address can vote

"There’s a lot of work helping end homelessness once people are already there. it’s just as important to focus on prevention." - USICH Director Olivet on the federal government's first-ever prevention framework. Read (or listen) to the full interview:.

"Policies & decisionmaking are stronger when those who have experienced challenges firsthand can lead" - ED @SecCardona. That's why USICH's new National Youth Homelessness Partnership elevates youth w/ lived expertise in efforts to end homelessness:

Almost 3/10 people experiencing homelessness in 2023 were children w/ a parent. This new blog in our prevention series explores how the federal government & communities are strengthening safety nets to prevent families from ever experiencing homelessness:

In Hurricane Helene's wake, @HUDgov announced $3M to help people in North Carolina experiencing or at risk of homelessness whose needs are not fully met by other federal disaster relief programs.

Have you read the latest USICH newsletter? Click 👇 to read about:.➡️ Interrupting the jail-to-homelessness pipeline.➡️ Online training for Californians implementing the state's "Housing First" law.➡️ Available $$ to address youth homelessness.

Last month, @HUDgov awarded $15.4M to help young adults transitioning out of foster care and experiencing or at risk of homelessness—and more funding is still available.

Between October and August, @DeptVetAffairs helped house 43,116 veterans experiencing homelessness, and 96% of them remain housed. "We won’t rest until every veteran has a safe, stable, accessible and affordable home to call their own.” - @SecVetAffairs .

Every year, 50,000+ Americans are released from jail/prison and have nowhere to go but streets or shelters. To end homelessness, we must close the justice system's revolving door to/from it. This new blog focuses on local/federal efforts to do just that:

USICH just launched a new blog series on local and federal efforts to prevent homelessness long before it starts. The first focuses on youth and on the foster-care system, which nearly 1/3 of youth experiencing homelessness have been in.

Homelessness is deadly—but preventable. Today, USICH is releasing the first federal framework to stop homelessness before it starts: This isn’t just a housing crisis. We need every community and many systems working together to help prevent and end it.

Have you read the latest USICH newsletter? Click to read about:. ➡️ Federal resources for addressing mental health and substance use needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.➡️ Disaster recovery funding.➡️ Voting without a permanent address.

Climate change is a growing cause of homelessness. @HUDgov recently deployed RUSH funding to help people in Iowa avoid or overcome homelessness after extreme storms, flooding, and tornadoes in May.

NEW USICH GUIDANCE. Do you know *all* of the federal funding, technical assistance, policy and regulatory flexibilities available to address mental health and/or substance use for people experiencing homelessness Click to see:

Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for families. Today, on the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, the Biden-Harris administration issued an interagency statement to affirm housing protections for survivors.

Have you read USICH's latest newsletter Click to read more about:. ➡️ Updated housing voucher rules from @HUDgov .➡️ Disaster recovery funding for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. and so much more

Last month, @DeptVetAffairs awarded a total of $806.4M for two programs that help veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness: Supportive Services for Veteran Families and the Grant and Per Diem Program.