If you have been following previous conference blogs, the Alliance newsletter, and other Alliance social media, you know that the 2013 National Conference on Ending Homelessness will be here before we know it!

As the conference is quickly approaching, the early registration deadline is as well. If you have not yet registered, you can save significantly by taking advantage of the early registration option. The deadline for early online registration is 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 22. If you are registering by mail, your form must be postmarked on or before Wednesday, May 22. To register early, and for more information on deadlines and registration rates, visit the conference registration page.

There is much in store for this year’s conference, which will be held at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel July 22 to 24 in Washington, DC. You can learn all about what’s happening at the conference by visiting the conference website where you will find conference session descriptions, the various workshops tracks offered, and other various exciting events we have in store for attendees.

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We have a little more than two months to go before our next National Conference here in DC. Two months seems a long time at this point, but putting these conferences together is a huge undertaking and we’re all very aware at how quickly the conference can sneak up on us. So we’re already busy preparing the 80 workshops for the two-day event. (I’m currently in the middle of lining up speakers for my two communications workshops, which I’m very excited about.)

While the workshops themselves are still far from finished, we have nailed down their titles, which you can find on the Alliance website, and we’ve managed to put together all but one of the conference tracks. Workshop tracks are designed to guide participants who are interested in a given topic through a progressive set of workshops. Each workshop in a track will build on the previous one, resulting, we hope, in a complete as possible picture of that issue.

Here’s a quick look at the tracks we have planned. Please bear in mind that these are very brief descriptions. With 80 workshops, it would be crazy to try to cover everything in a single blog post. You can find a full list of the comprehensive descriptions and their corresponding workshops on the Alliance website. For now, this should give you a taste of what you can expect to see in July.

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This is turning out to be quite a busy week at the Alliance. We’re currently preparing for the release of our State of Homelessness 2013 report this Tuesday, April 9, which will involve a press conference that morning and webinar that afternoon for advocates and stakeholders. You should register, if you’d like to hear about the data in the report as well as ways to act on the information through media engagement and advocacy efforts.

But we’re also putting together our next National Conference on Ending Homelessness. It’s happening on Monday July 22 through Wednesday July 24 at The Renaissance Washington DC Hotel in Washington, DC. Already, we’re at work on roughly 80 workshops covering veteran homelessness, youth homelessness, chronic homelessness, homelessness advocacy, Continuums of Care, rapid re-housing, and more.

This February, we had to close registration early for our Family and Youth conference because so many people registered for it so quickly, and we had to set up a wait-list for those who weren’t able to register in time. Obviously, we’re pleased with the huge response, and we want everyone who wants to attend to be able to, but we can only accommodate so many people.

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The 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness is only about a month away, and Alliance staff are working diligently to put together panelists and activities. We can’t wait to meet the 900 of you folks who have registered to join us in Seattle, WA, for two packed days of sharing new practices, education, networking, and new and improved approaches for ending family and youth homelessness!

With the date of the conference rapidly approaching, a lot of the details are coming together and there’s a lot of new and important information about registration, schedules, workshops and speakers. Here’s the latest.

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With the start of the new year we wanted to take a minute to thank all of our donors and supporters who helped make 2012 such a success. 

Last year we set an ambitious goal of $175,000, for our holiday giving. We should have known that our donors would surpass that goal and donate over $190,000!

We know that times are tough and that deciding where to donate is a difficult decision. We want to assure you we work hard to make sure that the majority of contributions go directly to support our programs to prevent and end homelessness.

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As the end of 2012 approaches, we'd like to share with you three of our most read blog posts of the year. This post, number 2 of the Alliance's Top 3, was originally published June 14, 2012. For the Alliance's latest Analysis of the Fiscal Cliff deal, see our recent blog post, "How the Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Impact Homelessness."

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As the end of 2012 approaches, we'd like to share with you three of our most read blog posts of the year. This post, contributed by Iain De Jong, the President and CEO of OrgCode Consulting, Inc. and a frequent and popular speaker at Alliance conferences, was originally published on January 10, 2012. It's number 3 of the top 3 most read Alliance blog posts of 2012. It is the first part of a two-part series.

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The date December 21 has meanings both ancient and new. Communities in every era have paused in awareness of waning daylight and the promise of the sun’s return; in our era, some will pause to look for assurance that the world keeps turning. It is appropriate that National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day is December 21.

For people living on the street, the darkest day of the calendar is especially dark; for a person to die on the street is an ending that should be unthinkable. Homeless advocates, today, will pause to honor the neighbors and fellow citizens who passed away in 2012 without a home.

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Attention readers! The Alliance’s blog has been updated. We are currently in the process of transitioning from a Wordpress blog to an integrated blog on our website. The new blog has the same content, but now comes with more bells and whistles to make your experience more interactive. We also now have a favicon, the logo icon that appears when you bookmark our page in your Bookmarks Toolbar. (It's the small touches that matter.)

The new and permanent location for our blog on our website is here, so please update your bookmarks.

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The Alliance’s 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness is right around the corner, and we at the Alliance couldn’t be more excited about it. We can’t wait to see you in Seattle for what’s sure to be another successful and productive event!

The deadline for early registration is fast approaching. If you haven’t registered yet, you should do so as soon as possible as you don’t want to let this great opportunity for significant savings sneak by you.

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and as we look forward to spending time with our families and loved ones, it is time for showing gratitude and giving thanks. It has been a busy year for the Alliance. Yesterday, I spent a little time speaking with some of our staff in an effort to get an idea of where the Alliance stands as we enter the holiday season. It turns out that the Alliance has a lot to be thankful for.

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Attention Alliance partners, friends and neighbors (and anyone else who might be wondering why Alliance staff haven't been returning emails or phone calls). The Alliance is currently experiencing technical difficulties.

Unfortunately, sometime Wednesday evening some very important lines in the building where are DC offices are located were severed by a construction crew. This left everyone in the building without phone service or access to the internet. Yesterday afternoon, our phone service was restored, but we still do not have access to the internet (that's why I'm writing this in a crowded Starbucks on K Street), and we still cannot receive external emails.

We expect internet service to be restored by Wednesday, Nov. 21.  In the the meantime, however, we can be reached by phone at 202-638-1526. We appreciate your patience as  we work to resolve this matter.

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