Thank you to everyone for working hard during this busy time of year to get your Congressional offices to take action on important policy issues. Below is an update on last week's Congressional briefing and the House Sign-On Letters for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants appropriations, as well as for Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) and Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) appropriations.
Please call or email your Congressional offices to
THANK:
1. Representatives who signed the
House McKinney Sign-On Letter.
Click here for a copy of the letter and the final list of signatories.
You Can Say: Please thank your boss for his/her commitment to funding HUD's Homeless Assistance Grants program at $2.4 billion in FY 2011, so that we can fully implement the HEARTH Act, which your boss helped reauthorize last year. I would like to invite your boss to visit a homelessness assistance program next time he/she is in the district, to see first-hand how these programs work locally.
2. Representatives who signed the
House RHYA and EHCY Sign-On Letter. Click here for a copy of the letter with signatures. Thank the staffer in charge of health issues for their boss's support.
You Can Say: Please thank your boss for his/her commitment to making RHYA and EHCY funding a priority. Through increased funding for these programs, we'll be able to prevent and end homelessness for more youth in our district. I would like to invite your boss to visit a youth housing program next time he/she is in the district, to see first-hand how these programs work locally.
3. Staff who attended last week's
Congressional Briefing on ending chronic homelessness. You can see the list of which offices attended
here.
You Can Say: Thanks for attending the congressional briefing last week on policy solutions to chronic homelessness. I would like to invite your boss to visit a permanent supportive housing program next time he/she is in the district, to see first-hand how these programs work locally.
We are expecting a McKinney Sign-On Letter to begin circulating in the Senate in mid-April, so please keep an eye out for an
Advocacy Update with additional information in the coming weeks.
