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Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness

by US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)

Opening Doors serves as a roadmap for joint action by the 19 USICH member agencies along with local and state partners in the public and private sectors. The plan puts us on a path to end veterans and... [read more...]

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Comments Requested: Strategic Plan 2010 – 2015 (Draft)

by Glied, Sherry

Tell HHS what you think about the draft Strategic Plan. Comment – and read what others are saying. The public comment period runs until August 14. (authors) [read more...]

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Residential Instability and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Education Program: What We Know, Plus Gaps in Research

by Cunningham, Mary K.; Harwood, Robin; Hall, Sam

This brief describes the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program (ECHY), summarizes the research, and outlines future research questions of concern to policymakers. (Authors) [read more...]

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Learning from the Field: Expert Panel on Youth who are LGBTQI2-S and Homeless: Summary of Proceedings

by Hanson, Justine; Centrone, Wayne; Grandin, Megan; Kenney, Rachael

The SAMHSA/CMHS Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) convened an Expert Panel to better understand the needs of youth who are experiencing homelessness and identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgende... [read more...]

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Evidence Based Practice KIT: Permanent Supportive Housing

by Abt Associates, Inc.; Advocates for Human Potential (AHP); Westat; SAMHSA

Permanent Supportive Housing is decent, safe, and affordable community-based housing that provides residents the rights of tenancy under state and local landlord-tenant laws. The housing is linked to ... [read more...]

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SAMHSA’s Homelessness Resource Center Announces New Special Issue on the Future of Homeless Services

by Homelessness Resource Center (HRC)

The Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) announces the release of a special issue of the Open Health Services and Policy Journal on “The Future of Homeless Services.” Guest edited by the HRC, the specia... [read more...]

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Why I Use Person-First Language

Rachael Kenney

Deputy Director of the PATH TA Center

When I started working at the Homelessness Resource Center, one of the first things I learned was “person first language.” It means to put the person before the descriptor. Person-first language is saying “people experiencing homelessness” instead of “the h...

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