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Spotlight On...
President Obama's FY 2016 Budget Proposal Would Reduce Homelessness
President Obama yesterday day laid out plans in his budget proposal to Congress for fiscal year (FY) 2016 that would significantly reduce homelessness among veterans, families, and chronically homeless people and restore housing vouchers that were lost under sequestration. Included in the Administration's FY 2016 budget are three proposed spending measures that would provide substantial new resources for communities to end homelessness.
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Alliance to Debut New Newsletter
Next week the Alliance will transition to a new newsletter format and email distribution service. We at the Alliance are excited about the change and the potential for the new format. However, during this transition, it is possible that we may lose some email contacts, and that some subscribers may lose our newsletter to their spam filter. If you fail to receive your issue of the Alliance Online News newsletter on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and cannot find it in your spam filter, please consider subscribing to the newsletter again using the signup form on the Alliance website. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Upcoming Webinars
President's Budget Proposal - Overview and Impact on Homelessness
On Thursday, Feb. 5 at 12 p.m. ET, the Alliance will host a webinar on the President's fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget proposal. The Alliance's policy team will provide a brief overview of the federal budget and appropriations process and an analysis of the Obama administration's proposed funding levels for key homelessness and affordable housing programs.
Register for the webinar
Rapid Re-housing Case Management and Services
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. ET, the Alliance will host a webinar on case management and services for rapid re-housing providers. The webinar, "Core Components of Rapid Re-Housing: Case Management and Services," will be the third of a three-part series of webinars on the "Core Components of Rapid Re-Housing." Speakers will examine how providers are delivering case management and services as part of a rapid re-housing intervention.
Register for the webinar
HUD Releases Part 2 of 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
This month HUD released a supplement to its 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress that provides one-year estimates of the number of homeless people who sought shelter in the nation's crisis system in 2013, as well as information about their demographics. According to the report, the number of people who used emergency shelters in 2013 had declined by 4 percent since 2012 and had declined 11 percent since 2007.
Last Time on Ending Homelessness Today
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