Children in Poverty: A Census Update
Yesterday the U.S. Census released data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in 2011. By now you’ve seen the headlines: the poverty rate has leveled off at 15 percent after three years of...
View ArticleUSICH’s Amendment to Opening Doors Focuses on Young People
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) recently released an amendment to Opening Doors, the federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. The amendment, which USICH officials...
View ArticleThe Alliance Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is domestic violence awareness month, which presents us with an opportunity to reflect on how domestic violence impacts the lives of people we serve. Many people enter the homeless service...
View ArticlePreventing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth
The following article originally appeared in the Missing and Exploited Children’s Program Newsletter, October 1, 2012. Although current data on the extent of youth homelessness are limited, previous...
View ArticleHome. Means. Safety.
Today’s guest blog was contributed by Peg Hacskaylo, the Executive Director of the District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc. (DASH), the largest dedicated housing provider for victims of domestic and...
View ArticleConference Registration is Open!
The Alliance is excited to announce the website for the 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness is now live, and registration is open! The conference will take place this...
View ArticleThe Link Between Homelessnees and Domestic Violence
Today’s guest blog post was contributed by Caroline Jones, Executive Director for Doorways for Women and Families. Many of us know of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We have become accustomed...
View ArticleDomestic Violence and the Housing First model
Today’s guest blog post was contributed by the Ankita Patel of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. I’ve been working on Domestic Violence Housing First for a couple of years now....
View ArticleField Notes: Letting Survivors Lead the Way
Last month I had the opportunity to attend a training workshop on rapidly re-housing survivors of domestic violence. The workshop was conducted by Kris Billhardt, Director of Volunteers of America,...
View ArticleNBC Spotlights Family Homelessness
Last night NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams ran a short news segment about two homeless families. It was a rare instance of a national television network sharing with the nation the plight of...
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