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Resource: Federal Homelessness Prevention Framework

This resource (PDF, 46 pages) is the first homelessness prevention framework released by the federal government. The guide is designed for a wide range of partners, including local, Tribal, and state governments; nonprofits, funders, systems, providers, and advocates of housing, health, human services, justice, education, employment, child welfare, and emergency ...

Resource: Enrolling Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness in School

This brief (PDF, 8 pages) explains the key provisions in the McKinney-Vento Act related to the school enrollment of students in homeless situations, including sections on enrollment barriers, immediate enrollment, school selection, and full participation in school. Each section also offers strategies for State Coordinators for Homeless Education, local homeless ...

Resource: Housing's Critical Connection to Child Welfare

This two-part podcast series explores how the San Francisco Human Services Agency partnered with the San Francisco Housing Authority and the Homeless Prenatal Program to help families obtain vouchers and locate affordable housing in the Bay Area. Episode focus areas include: Part 1 - This episode demonstrates how child welfare and ...

2024–2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants (Funding Opportunity)

Application deadline: October 30, 2024This program promotes a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. The program provides funding for efforts to quickly re-house homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness. The program also provides funding to promote access ...

FY 2024 Family Unification Program Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Family Unification Program (FUP) is a program under which public housing authorities (PHAs) that partner with public child welfare agencies (PCWAs) provide Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) assistance to two groups: 1. Families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the ...

FY 2024 and FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants

The CoC Program (24 CFR part 578) is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit organizations, state governments, local governments, instrumentalities of state and local governments, Indian Tribes, Tribally Designated Housing Entities, as defined in section 4 of ...

CAPACITY BUILDIING FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU) ARCHIVES

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks applications involving collaborative teams of archivists and other practitioners to address archival capacity building and 2 related challenges in the processing, long-term preservation, discovery, access, and research use of archival collections at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Commission seeks applications ...

Resource: Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting to Lower Recidivism and Homelessness

This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of the Pay for Success (PFS) Initiative, which supports innovative reentry programs that connect young people and adults to safe, affordable housing and essential reentry services. The fact sheet describes the PFS Initiative’s purpose, objectives, and eligibility, and shares highlights from ...

Resource: Leveraging The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Program for Eligible Youth Experiencing or At-Risk of Experiencing Homelessness

This information memorandum (PDF, 14 pages) provides guidance to Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) grantees regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Program. This resource provides information to ensure eligible young adults experiencing or at-risk of experiencing homelessness who have previously been ...

Resource: Student Homelessness in America: School Years 2019-20 to 2021-22

This report (PDF, 26 pages) provides a summary of demographic data collected by the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program for the 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 school years. Information on the number of students experiencing homelessness, their primary nighttime residence, subgroups of students, and race/ethnicity of students ...
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