USICH releases
data on unprecedented opportunities for public comment Nearly 1,000 consumers,
advocates, and experts took part in stakeholder meetings around the
country to provide their comments on the forthcoming Federal Strategic
Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. Over 7,700 individuals visited the
online comment forum to share their ideas and comments.
The stakeholder
meetings and online comments have been a
great opportunity for USICH to hear directly from external and Federal
Government
stakeholders regarding challenges, priorities and different perspectives
on how
to prevent and end homelessness in the United States. The input from
these
sessions was valuable and is being incorporated into the development
of the Plan. |
2010 Census Reminder
Special Service-Based Enumeration program is happening this week:
On
Monday, March 29, 2010, census workers will conduct a count
at emergency and transitional shelters with sleeping facilities;

On Tuesday, March 30, 2010, census workers will conduct
a count
at soup kitchens and regularly scheduled mobile food vans; and
On Wednesday, March 31, 2010, census workers will
conduct a
count at pre-identified outdoor locations such as encampments
underneath highway overpasses or bridges and other areas where members
of the homeless population are known to live.
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Department of Labor announces $8.3 million grant competition to serve homeless veterans
Grant competition to provide job
training, counseling and placement services, including job readiness, literacy, and skills training to expedite the reintegration of homeless
veterans into the labor force through its Homeless Veterans Reintegration
Program. Read the announcement > |
Obama
administration releases its blueprint for the reauthorization of ESEA
Secretary Arne Duncan lays
out the Administration's plans for its Homeless Children and Youths
Education program for the upcoming reauthorization of the the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act.
On Page 21 of the Blueprint: "Our
proposal will continue and strengthen formula grants to help states and
districts put in place systems and services to meet the educational
needs of homeless students. First, we will better target funds to serve
homeless students by allocating funds on the basis of counts of homeless
students rather than by shares of Title I allocations. Second, we will
remove barriers to effective services for homeless children. And third,
we will clarify provisions of the current statute where ambiguity
resulted in delays in services for homeless children and youths. Our
proposal will also increase transparency by requiring grantees to report
on the academic outcomes for students served by the program." Read the entire Blueprint > |