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Obama Administration Unveils National Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness

Today, the lead Cabinet secretaries from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) - from the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) - joined Executive Director of the USICH Barbara Poppe to unveil and submit to the President and Congress the nation's first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes accepted the plan on behalf of President Barack Obama. The full report, titled Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, is available at www.usich.gov.

USICH will announce the historic plan at the White House today, June 22 at 9:00 AM EDT with four Cabinet Secretaries: USICH Chair and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, USICH Vice Chair and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki.

We invite you to join us for the announcement by watching it live on www.whitehouse.gov/live.  Opening Doors will be available at www.usich.gov. We will also be hosting a live webinar to have a more in-depth discussion with Assistant Secretaries from HUD, Labor, HHS, and VA about the specifics of the Plan. We will release information about the webinar on the USICH website in the coming days.

Webcast: Administration Officials to Host Webinar on Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness

On Wednesday, June 23, USICH will host a webinar on the nation's first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness.

Participating in the webinar will be:

·         Assistant Secretary Mercedes Marquez, Department of Housing and Urban Development

·         Acting Assistant Secretary Don Moulds, Department of Health and Human Services

·         Assistant Secretary Jane Oates, Department of Labor

·         Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth, Department of Veterans Affairs

·         Barbara Poppe, Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

The webcast will be available on www.hud.gov/webcasts, on Wednesday, June 23rd from 2:00 -2:45 p.m. EST.

During the webcast, questions can be asked via email at Homelessness@hud.gov.
USICH Mission
 
. . . to coordinate the federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in contributing to the end of homelessness.