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Alliance Publishes New Geography Brief on Urban Homelessness
The latest Geography of Homelessness brief takes a closer look at urban homelessness by categorizing urban areas into five different types and comparing homeless population sizes, rates of homelessness, and changes between 2005 and 2007. The brief found that homelessness was most concentrated in the major cities category, which is the most urban of the urban categories, and includes cities like New York, Atlanta, Columbus, and San Diego. In those major cities, the number of homeless people rose between 2005 and 2007, while it declined in other urban areas and in the nation as a whole.
Geography of Homelessness, Part 4
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Early Conference Registration Closing Soon!
The Alliance's sixth annual National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness will be held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA on February 11-12, 2010. Take advantage of the early conference registration rate by registering before Monday, December 7 at midnight ET. To register at the early rate, please
click here. The deadline to submit scholarship applications is also quickly approaching. All scholarship applications are due Wednesday, December 9. To learn more about the conference scholarship program and to download an application, click here. Please visit the conference website frequently for updates.
Housing First Partnership and Accountability Matrix, to help communities determine partners and their roles based on the major outcomes of a Housing First system. The newsletter also includes an FAQ section that features three questions that communities have been asking the Alliance recently, as well as a review of a recent webinar on rural homelessness and a special feature on Fairfax County, VA's efforts to implement a new intake and assessment process.
click here to register for Community ShareNet, if you have not done so already. On the day of the Virtual Discussion, simply log into Community ShareNet and begin posting and reading questions.
The Alliance's first Virtual Discussion focused on implementation of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. A summary of that Question and Answer period has been posted to both the Alliance's website and to Community ShareNet.
Alliance Hosts National Advisory Council for LGBTQ Homeless Youth Meeting
Last month, the Alliance hosted the third annual meeting of the National Advisory Council on LGBTQ Homeless Youth in Washington, D.C. The National Advisory Council is comprised of local agency directors and national advocates who focus all or part of their work on meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) homeless youth. The annual meeting included a review of progress made in 2009 on improving local community services for LGBTQ homeless youth and publication of a national guide entitled, "National Recommended Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Homeless Youth." The meeting also included a review of current work to expand civil rights, ensure access to health care, and create safer schools for queer youth. For more information about the group and its work, please contact Rich Hooks Wayman at
The Sentencing Project co-sponsored a Congressional briefing, "Back on Track: Supporting Youth Reentry from Out-of-Home Placement to the Community." The briefing was hosted by Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) on Capitol Hill. Each year, approximately 100,000 young people exit the juvenile justice system and are often discharged back to families struggling with domestic violence, substance abuse, unresolved mental health disabilities, and poverty. Many youth who exit juvenile justice placements and detention experience housing instability and homelessness. The briefing raised awareness of the importance of supporting youth in their transition from incarceration and juvenile justice out-of-home placements back into the community, and was attended by more than 100 Congressional staff, advocates, and practitioners. A new report, co-authored by the Alliance and The Sentencing Project, was also released.
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Take a five minute break from whatever you are doing to read our interview with this month's featured expert, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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