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The Alliance is currently accepting applications for its scholarship and volunteer programs for the 2013 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, which will take place at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, July 22 to 24. The deadline to submit an application for the scholarship program is Monday, May 20. Only individuals who are currently experiencing homelessness or who have experienced homelessness in the past are eligible to apply. More information about the scholarship program and the application process is available on the conference website.

The Alliance has joined 650 other organizations in sending a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee to request that they provide as much overall funding as possible to the Appropriations Subcommittee that handles funding for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - known as the T-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee.

On Wednesday, April 10, the Administration released its complete fiscal year (FY) 2014 Budget Proposal, continuing the federal budget process for FY 2014. The Budget Proposal is typically released in early February; however, this year, due to complex issues such as the so-called fiscal cliff, sequestration, and a delay in finalizing the FY 2013 appropriations, the Administration released their proposed budget two months late. The FY 2014 Budget Proposal suggests funding levels for various key programs targeted at low-income people or people experiencing homelessness.

This page includes the federal budget briefing webinar, hosted by Alliance staff, along with a variety of materials to help you better understand the President's Budget Proposal and upcoming advocacy opportunities. 

This webinar, conducted on April 11, 2013, discussed coordinated assessment and system change, including how communities can deal with obtaining buy-in to coordinated assessment, individual program eligibility requirements, wait lists, and resource allocation. Speakers included the Alliance's Kim Walker, Matt White from Abt Associates, and Suzanne Wagner of Housing Innovations, LLC.

Quarterly Report: Announcements and Recap. This Quarterly Report includes a preview of key upcoming activities for advocates. Specifically, this issue reviews: McKinney-Vento congressional sign-on letter circulating; President's FY 2014 Budget Briefing webinar; State of Homelessness in America 2013 report release and webinar;  FY 2013 finalized federal funding summary; Capitol Hill Day 2013 preview; and State-level TANF and Medicaid advocacy tools.  

On Tuesday, April 9, at 3 p.m. ET, the Alliance will host a webinar on the release of the Alliance's annual research report: The State of Homelessness in America 2013. Samantha Batko, director of the Alliance's Homelessness Research Institute, will explain the latest data in The State of Homelessness 2013 and why it matters for communities working to prevent and end homelessness. The webinar will also cover media engagement and advocacy efforts around the report.

This webinar explores the partnership between the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the Charitable Assistance to Community's Homeless, Inc. (CATCH) program that will expand rapid re-housing to homeless families in Idaho.

The purpose of this document is to help Continuums take advantage of opportunities in the interim Continuum of Care regulations to further the use of national best practices in their communities. The Alliance’s recommendations focus on coordinated assessment, transitional housing, rapid re-housing, and governance and performance measurement. This brief also contains many links to other resources available on these topics from the Alliance and its partners.

This sample document provides an example of an application for a Learning Collaborative.

The Alliance has published a new fact sheet highlighting key information about the implementation of health care reform. "Homeless Services and Medicaid Enrollment: What You Need to Know Now" has basic information on changes in Medicaid enrollment, which will begin to take effect later this year.

The Federal Government and the Commonwealth of Virginia are encouraging communities to reduce homelessness by allocating resources to permanent solutions such as rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing. This template has been created to help identify how resources in the Continuum of Care region are currently allocated, how resources will be utilized, and how existing resources will be reallocated.

The Alliance and its partners have submitted written testimony for a hearing on state waivers for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. Submitted on March 14 to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, the testimony addresses the Administration's decision, laid out in an information memorandum released by the Administration in July, to grant states, in the form of waivers, greater flexibility in determining work activity requirements for families receiving TANF assistance.

The document contains written testimony by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) TANF Task Force, of which the Alliance is a member, regardingan an information memorandum that grants states greater flexibility in determining work activity requirements for families receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Coordinated assessment centers must be prepared to serve domestic violence survivors seeking assistance and must be able to accommodate their safety and confidentiality needs. The tools in this section will help communities ensure their coordinated assessment process is serving survivors as safely and effectively as possible.