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Last week, USICH traveled to Dallas, one of the communities in the The White House-USICH’s #ALLINside Initiative to help people move off streets and into homes. Dallas is using federal funds to innovatively expand access to not just housing but health care: tinyurl.com/yxx2cnye
As @usichgov chair, I hosted 40+ mayors from across the country to talk about our efforts to end homelessness.
HHS & Department of Housing and Urban Development have made federal funds and flexibilities available to support evidence-based solutions, and we look forward to working with U.S. Mayors to implement them.
TY to U.S. Mayors and Mayor Karen Bass for convening this impressive group of 50 Mayors in DC on addressing homelessness and to Secretary Xavier Becerra for the opportunity for Jeff Olivet at USICHgov listen to Mayors’ ideas and challenges.
This week, Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a new rule to reduce housing barriers for people with criminal records.
Public comments are being accepted until June 10: tinyurl.com/3ewwzbdd
.Department of Housing and Urban Development recently awarded $83 million to create more affordable housing and jobs for lower-income Native Hawaiian, American Indian, and Alaska Native communities.
Read more: tinyurl.com/yratsdsu
NEW FEDERAL FUNDING ALERT: U.S. Department of Justice is accepting applications for the Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program to help to prevent or end homelessness among victims of human trafficking.
Applications are due May 6: tinyurl.com/3rsmdj2c
Have you read the latest USICH newsletter?
conta.cc/4arL2uV Click to read about:
➡️ How the President Biden budget would prevent homelessness
➡️ DOJ $ to interrupt the jail-to-homelessness pipeline
➡️ New HUD-VASH vouchers
➡️ A first-of-its-kind study on survivors of trafficking
To prevent or address homelessness, Department of Housing and Urban Development recently deployed a 2nd round of RUSH funding to help people who lost a home or didn't have one when Hurricane Ian hit Florida.
Read more: tinyurl.com/5dah6wuj
.U.S. Department of Justice is now accepting applications for the Second Chance Act Pay for Success Program to help communities shut down the jail-to-homelessness pipeline.
Applications are due April 25: tinyurl.com/yyhaxc95
USICH Director Olivet joined This Is Nashville this week to discuss Housing First. Listen to the 'In My Place' series that brings together people with lived experience, local and national leaders to talk about how to prevent and end homelessness: wpln.org/post/episodes/…
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently met w/ AZ leaders to discuss homelessness solutions/challenges.
'This is a priority of Pres. Biden, and as vice chair of USICH, I will continue to meet w/ experts & leaders as we work toward long-term solutions for this crisis.'
tinyurl.com/2z4z9mmd
The President Biden 2025 budget targets $10B for homelessness assistance—an 11%⬆️from 2023 and a 40%⬆️for Health Care for the Homeless.
It treats homelessness like the public health crisis that it is, and it invests in what we need to end it: housing & support.
tinyurl.com/58bm8pkb
