Library — Federal Policy Brief
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Federal Policy Brief | August 28, 2008
This document was prepared by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). It summarizes changes to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit that were included in the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act. The changes make it much easier to use the tax credit to develop permanent supportive housing.
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Federal Policy Brief | August 28, 2008
This document contains the text of the National Housing Trust Fund section of the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act. The Trust Fund provides resources that will primarily develop rental housing affordable to extremely low income households.
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Federal Policy Brief | August 28, 2008
This document contains the text of the Capital Magnet Fund section of the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act. The Fund provides resources for Community Development Financial Institutions and nonprofit housing developers for housing and economic development.
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Federal Policy Brief | August 6, 2008
The Sentencing Project has information on the status of felon and ex-felon disenfranchisement laws in your state.
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Federal Policy Brief | July 14, 2008
The Manager’s Amendment is a compromise.
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Federal Policy Brief | July 8, 2008
Communities will be invited to compete for funds to provide short-term rental assistance, housing placement and short-term rental assistance as part of the Continuum of Care application process. This brief provides currently available details on how the funds will be awarded and how they can be used.
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Federal Policy Brief | March 6, 2008
The Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program allocates funds by formula to states to serve homeless people with serious mental illness. Eligible services include outreach, screening and diagnosis, habilitation and rehabilitation, community mental health services, substance abuse treatment, case management, residential supervision, and housing.
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Federal Policy Brief | March 6, 2008
This document provides information which was presented on a national call, Services in Supportive Housing: Efforts to Garner New Federal Resources on February 12. The focus of the discussion was on the status of, and efforts to increase, federal resources for supportive services.
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Federal Policy Brief | February 5, 2008
Annual Federal Budget Briefing held on February 5, 2008.
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Federal Policy Brief | January 29, 2008
.jpg) Housing vouchers are successful in helping families exit homelessness and can protect poor families from becoming homeless. This paper summarizes those research findings and draws out their implications for housing policymakers.
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Federal Policy Brief | November 5, 2007
The Second Chance Act will help ensure the transition people make from prison or jail to the community is safe and successful.
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Alliance Comments on Medicaid Coverage for Rehabilitative Services Proposed Rule, File Code CMS-2261
Federal Policy Brief | October 16, 2007
On August 13, 2007, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new proposed rules to make several definition and rule clarifications to the rehabilitation option that Medicaid agencies use to provide services for people with mental health disorders, physical disabilities, developmental delays, and other disabilities or chronic illnesses. In addition, the rehabilitation option package of services has been used for youth in therapeutic foster care. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has concerns that, if this proposed rule were implemented in its current form, people experiencing homelessness would have less access to health related services.
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Federal Policy Brief | March 19, 2007
This document describes the history of homelessness funding with comparisons to overall federal spending, the benefits of permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing programs, and the funding levels and policies needed for the McKinney program.
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Federal Policy Brief | March 11, 2007
 The Alliance has released an updated brief on chronic homelessness, describing its characteristics, causes, and solutions. The brief summarizes the interaction between emergency shelters, health care systems, and criminal justice and chronic homelessness. It also describes the benefits and cost effectiveness of permanent supportive housing and the success that many communities have achieved. |
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Federal Policy Brief | March 2, 2007
February 2007
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