Federal Policy Brief | 30 Aug 2010
Author: National Alliance to End Homelessness
This policy guide applies the principles set forth in the Ten Year Plan to legislation before Congress. In general, there are two kinds of legislation that Congress uses to make Federal policy. Each year, Congress passes appropriations, which are laws setting funding levels for Federal programs, including many that help poor and homeless people. Congress also works on authorizing legislation to initiate or reform programs and to shape the economic environment through tax policy and other regulations.
This guide is designed to share information with our members about both kinds of measures and their impact on people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. It describes existing law, the changes under examination by Congress, and, in many cases, our recommendations.
In it, you will find the following information:
Introductions:
The Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
What We Know About Housing and Homelessness
The Homelessness Budget
The Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness
Issue Briefs:
Family Homelessness
Chronic Homelessness
Homeless Youth
Homeless Veterans
Legislation/Recommendations
Policy Priorities
Appropriations
Homeless Assistance Grants
Housing and Services for Homeless Persons Demonstration
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8/Tenant-Based Rental Assistance)
SAMSHA Homeless Services
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
Community Health Centers/Health Care for the Homeless
Homeless Veterans Grants Per Diem
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations
Miscellaneous Appropriations
Authorizations
Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act
National Housing Trust Fund
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Reauthorization
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
Section Eight Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) (H.R. 3045)
Services to End Long-Term Homelessness Act (S. 1523/H.R.3636)
Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act (S. 1547)
Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (S. 678)
Sense of Congress that Children Have a Right to Adequate Housing (H.Res. 582)
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