Monday, May 16, 2022
A recent Alliance focus group study showed severe staffing shortages made it difficult to administer Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs). Many communities worry that this trend is likely to continue, especially among front-line workers. Discussions with Continuum of Care (CoC) employees point to multiple and overlapping challenges. Research Reveals That the…
Learn MoreThursday, May 12, 2022
Funders Together to End Homelessness extends a warm welcome to Ann Oliva as the next CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH).
Learn MoreThursday, May 12, 2022
The National Alliance to End Homelessness today announced that Ann Oliva has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of the organization. The announcement follows a thorough executive search on the heels of the planned departure of current CEO, Nan Roman. Oliva’s leadership with the Alliance will officially begin on…
Learn MoreTuesday, May 10, 2022
Designing an effective homelessness system doesn’t come easy. Aligning and implementing best practices, making data-driven decisions, and leveraging all available funding is all part of the process of system improvement. And that process is not something that’s done once a year, it is continuous. Over the past two years, homeless…
Learn MoreFriday, May 6, 2022
Researchers have warned that the number of older adults (age 55 and above) will increase in the unsheltered and sheltered homeless population over the next decade unless policymakers take significant action to prevent it. The “graying” of the homeless population is already underway in many localities, often outpacing providers’ ability…
Learn MoreThursday, May 5, 2022
There are two things that we know to be certain about homelessness: Someone who has a home is not homeless. The United States has a major affordable housing crisis. While homelessness programs continue to do the heroic and creative work to connect people with the housing they need, two more…
Learn MoreWednesday, May 4, 2022
The CAP Helpline provides a vital service to those experiencing homelessness – or about to be – in Cincinnati/Hamilton County. Now, the CAP Helpline needs our help. Calls are spiking. And in order to handle the increased demand since COVID-19, we added more team members. And we need to upgrade our call center…
Learn MoreTuesday, May 3, 2022
We are excited to announce that Michael Durham (he/him/his) will join Funders Together as our Director of Networks on May 16, 2022. He steps into this role after nearly nine years with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, a membership and advocacy organization representing the healthcare arm of…
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Written by Molly Richard and Marybeth Shinn Until there’s more funding to end homelessness, communities must figure out how to prioritize and allocate limited resources, especially access to housing. The most widely used tool has been the VI-SPDAT (Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool). But in the last…
Learn MoreTuesday, April 26, 2022
Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) has been extraordinarily successful in helping millions of people avoid housing loss during the COVID-19 crisis, while also ensuring income to landlords. The Department of Treasury announced in March that $30 billion of the $46.5 billion in ERA funds available has been expended to date. Of…
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