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The Alliance presently has two open positions: Position: Senior Program and Policy Analyst -Youth Position: Senior Program and Policy Analyst for Youth The National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance) is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. The Alliance advances knowledge and educates opinion leaders about solutions to homelessness; works collaboratively with public, private, and nonprofit partners to develop and advance policy solutions to homelessness; and builds the capacity of communities across the country to achieve their goal of preventing and ending homelessness. Job Description The Senior Policy Analyst for Youth works to guide and implement the Alliance’s efforts to end homelessness among youth. The focus of this position is single youth (those not living with a family). The Analyst analyzes federal policy around homeless youth, and develops and advances policy recommendations. Areas of concentration include homeless youth programs, juvenile justice, child welfare, housing and others as relevant. Policy goals are pursued with both Congress and the Administration. The Analyst also works with national coalitions and communicates policy goals to partners at the state and local levels. The Analyst is familiar with various programs around the country that assist homeless youth and with different models of assistance. S/he understands how federal programs are best used by local jurisdictions and programs, and shares this information with communities. S/he also learns from local best practices, and shares this information with federal policy makers. The Analyst is familiar with research on homelessness and homeless youth. The Analyst uses this research to help improve federal policy, as well as practice in the field. The Analyst works within the Alliance’s Program and Policy division. S/he works closely with other staff who focus on homeless youth and family issues. The Analyst is responsible for articulating and advancing a strategy for ending homelessness among youth, and for working with the rest of the Alliance staff to place this effort in the context of the organization’s effort to end homelessness overall. Responsibilities
Qualifications:
Reports to: Vice President for Programs and Policy Classification: Full time, Regular, Exempt To apply, please send your résumé, cover letter and two writing samples to jobs@naeh.org.
Position: Senior Program and Policy Analyst for Health/Behavioral Health The National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance) is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. The Alliance advances knowledge and educates opinion leaders about solutions to homelessness; works collaboratively with public, private, and nonprofit partners to develop and advance policy solutions to homelessness; and builds the capacity of communities across the country to achieve their goal of preventing and ending homelessness. Job Description The Senior Policy Analyst on Health/Behavioral Health works to guide and implement the Alliance’s efforts to end homelessness among people with severe disabilities and others for whom health care, including treatment for mental illness and addiction, is an essential part of the solution. A movement across the nation seeks to end homelessness among the most vulnerable people, including those who have experienced long term homelessness and who are disabled with physical disabilities, mental illness, addiction, HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. Cities, towns and rural areas seek to house such vulnerable individuals and families and provide them with appropriate services. The Alliance, Congress, and the Administration are all committed to this strategy, and there is an on-going federal policy effort to ensure that the services needed are available. The Senior Policy Analyst on Health/Behavioral Health will, among other things, lead the Alliance’s work to support the achievement of this goal. The Analyst analyzes federal policy around health care, behavioral health care and other services and how these issues interact with housing, and develops and advances policy recommendations. Areas of concentration include programs that provide funding for permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness – both for housing and for treatment and supportive services. There will be a focus on making Medicaid and other aspects of federal health care reform as useful as possible for this purpose. Policy goals are developed also with knowledge of and input from the field, and pursued with both Congress and the Administration. The Analyst also works with national coalitions and partners at the state and local levels. The Analyst is familiar with various programs around the country that provide or fund permanent supportive housing and otherwise assist people experiencing homelessness with different models of assistance. She/he understands how federal programs are best used by local jurisdictions and programs, and shares this information with communities. She/he also learns from local best practices, and shares this information with federal policymakers.
The Analyst is familiar with research on homelessness and how it relates to health care and behavioral health care and other services needs of homeless people. The Analyst uses this research to help improve federal policy, as well as practice in the field. The Analyst works within the Alliance’s Program and Policy division. S/he works closely with other staff who focus on different aspects of homelessness. The Analyst is responsible for articulating and advancing a strategy for ending chronic homelessness, and for working with the rest of the Alliance staff to place this effort in the context of the organization’s effort to end homelessness overall. Responsibilities
Qualifications:
Reports to: Vice President for Programs and Policy Classification: Full time, Regular, Exempt To apply, please send your résumé, cover letter and two writing samples to jobs@naeh.org. |
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