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Alliance Releases Geography of Homelessness, Part 2: Prevalence of Homelessness
Last week, the Homelessness Research Institute (HRI) at the National Alliance to End Homelessness released the second in a series of briefs on the Geography of Homelessness. In Part 1, HRI examined the extent to which homelessness exists in urban and rural areas. It showed that a substantial majority of the number of people experiencing homelessness in the United States are experiencing it in urban areas. While it is unsurprising that there would be more homeless people in urban areas, the issue of prevalence is one that has been less definitive. The second in this series of briefs takes a closer look at Continua of Care (CoCs) to examine how rates of homelessness in rural areas compare to those in urban areas. It shows that urban areas collectively have higher rates of homelessness, but that there are some rural CoCs with very high rates of homelessness. Additionally, this brief reveals the places with the highest rates of homelessness in the country. Click here to view an interactive map with the top 10 CoCs by number and rate of people experiencing homelessness, including some rural areas.
Geography of Homelessness: Part 2
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Survey to Improve Alliance Online News
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is beginning an effort to improve and renew Alliance Online News, this weekly newsletter from the Alliance. The Alliance is aiming to make the newsletter more informative, more digestible, and - most importantly - more useful to our readership. To begin this process, we are soliciting information about your impressions and opinions of the newsletter. Please help us by taking a short, 5-question survey to let us know what you think. Please note that you can only take the survey once, so please be careful and thorough with your answers!
info@naeh.org. The forum will include discussion groups and documents used by communities for implementation of HPRP. The site will be available only to public officials.
VA to Host Major Summit on Veterans' Homelessness
On November 3-5, 2009, the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) will host a national homeless veterans summit, "Ending Homelessness among Veterans in Five Years," in Washington, DC. The summit will convene experts and representatives from the VA, other federal departments and agencies, local, state, and tribal governments, community organizations, and other key stakeholders in an effort to share information and best practices and help advance the Administration's goal of ending homelessness among veterans. Local providers are encouraged to submit a one-page abstract for oral presentations, posters, or interactive workshops to present at the conference. Submissions are due by September 11, 2009. Community providers are also invited to attend the summit.
Homelessness Resource Exchange (HRE) HPRP website. Specifically, HUD updated the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database for HPRP. There are new answers to more than two dozen common questions regarding eligible activities and participants, eligible grantees and sub-grantees, post-award and timeliness requirements, and reporting requirements. Yesterday, HUD also added instructions on the initial and quarterly performance reports (QPR), a subgrantee list template, HMIS programming instructions for QPR, and informational QPR table shells. Other information available on the HRE page includes HPRP grantee contact information and a resource library, among other tools.
Remembering Ted Kennedy
The Alliance joins the country in remembering Senator Edward Kennedy - the 'lion of the Senate.' His efforts to address poverty, homelessness, healthcare, and mental health have long established him as a leader and champion in pioneering effective social policy. The Alliance had the privilege of hosting Senator Kennedy at its 1999 annual conference, The End of Homelessness: Blueprint for New Millennium. That year, Senator Kennedy launched a new speech on mental health in front of hundreds of direct service providers, elected officials, community leaders, and other stakeholders. Senator Kennedy's courage, innovation, and leadership have long established his place in the minds and memories of our collective consciousness. The Alliance honors the life and contribution of this great public servant.
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