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Every infant and toddler deserves a safe, stable, and nurturing start in life. That’s why Housing Is has joined forces with Prevent Child Abuse America, SchoolHouse Connection, and ZERO TO THREE to launch Thrive From The Start—a cross-sector effort dedicated to addressing homelessness among infants, toddlers, and expectant parents. Visit thrivefromthestart.org to learn more and explore how you can be a part of the solution.
Topics: Early childhood, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Pre-natal
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on Apr 9, 2025 0
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The 2024 rate of U.S. homelessness increased by 18% over the previous year, with a 39% rise in families experiencing homelessness. According to an annual survey conducted in communities across the country, more than 770,000 people were living in shelters or outside—the largest number since the report was initiated in 2007. Our panelists will provide historical context for homelessness in the United States, as well as research findings on the effectiveness of various policy and practice approaches to decreasing homelessness and supporting unhoused families and individuals.
Cindy I-Fen Cheng,...
Topics: Homelessness, Housing
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on Mar 31, 2025 0
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A safe, stable place to live is a key ingredient for a child’s healthy physical, emotional and cognitive development. Research shows children’s well-being is intricately connected to their home environments. However, many families across the United States face housing instability, which poses significant risks to children and their families according to a study published in 2024. Housing instability encompasses a range of issues, including difficulties paying rent or a mortgage, overcrowding, frequent relocations, eviction and homelessness. Linking housing policy with prevention strategies...
Topics: Advocacy, Data sharing, Housing
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on Jan 29, 2025 0
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Hear from the Corporation of Supportive Housing on ways and supports to use Medicaid resources on topics such as understanding all components of billing Medicaid for intensive supportive housing case management, and staffing and budgeting training. This will be of particular interest for California, Washington State, and the District of Columbia PHAs and their partners, but all are welcome to learn more about what can be achieved in your community.
Topics: Health, Housing, Housing Is Working Group, Medicaid / Medicare
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on Dec 16, 2024 0
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The Returning Citizens Stimulus (RCS) program, implemented by the Center for Employment Opportunities, provides cash assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. An impact study in Los Angeles and Alameda counties found that RCS participants had fewer parole violations in the first year after release from prison, compared with nonparticipants.
Topics: Housing
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on Apr 23, 2025 0
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Ever wondered what health centers are close to your public housing property? Check out this map to learn more.
Topics: Health, Housing
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on Mar 6, 2025 0
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Marjorie Sims, Sarah Haight
January 2024
Focused on the 23,306 young parents (ages 18 to 24) and their families in New Mexico, this report provides a framework for organizations in New Mexico to collaborate more effectively and offers a plan of action to assess these efforts and strengthen impact for families.
This publication aims to deepen understanding about the demographics, aspirations, and needs of young parents; highlights practices and policies aligned with a two-generation (2Gen) approach; showcases opportunities to streamline this work by forging connections between...
Topics: Child welfare, Dual-generation, dual-generation initiative, Early childhood, Family engagement, Healthy homes, Housing
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Jan 18, 2024 0
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Homelessness and child welfare system involvement pose substantial challenges for families, but supportive housing can help them stay together and access secure housing.
Topics: Advocacy, Dual-generation, Healthy homes, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Stability
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Nov 15, 2023 0
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When Sylvia Blanco and her colleagues from the Housing Authority of the City of Austin were presented with an opportunity to collaborate with UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas, it was an easy decision for them. “We didn’t think twice about the opportunity to partner with UHC,” said Sylvia, their Chief Operating Officer. “The partnership has been tremendous in helping to move the needle on health outcomes for our residents.”
Watch this video to learn how UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas is convening with local organizations to implement innovative and timely solutions in...
Topics: Advocacy, Housing, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Nov 14, 2023 0
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As the frequency and severity of weather and climate hazards rises, fully understanding and planning for their potential impact on affordable housing is critical.
This report examines the risks that natural hazards pose to federally assisted housing and its residents using Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (NRI).
Topics: Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Housing
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes
on Nov 14, 2023 0
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Topics: Asthma, Healthy homes, Housing, Housing Is Working Group, Mental health, Mobility
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Sep 13, 2023 0
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This webinar will describe new research that shows children whose families participated in a program that helped them move from distressed neighborhoods to areas with lower rates of poverty experienced significant improvements in severe asthma episodes. Before moving, for every 100 children, there were approximately 88 severe asthma attacks per year. After moving, there were approximately 40 severe attacks per year, a reduction of more than 50%. The webinar will explore factors that help explain these changes in asthma, including the critical role of neighborhood-related stress, and describes...
Topics: Asthma, Healthy homes, Housing, Mental health, Mobility
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Sep 13, 2023 0
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Building and maintaining effective community partnerships is a critical component of health center management and community involvement. Local partners help integrate important stakeholders into organizational processes and empower health centers to better understand and care for the communities they serve. But can health centers design and evaluate their partnerships? In this webinar, we reviewed tools and procedures for designing, evaluating, and strengthening community partnerships with a focus on pragmatic, practical and innovative solutions.
Topics: Health, Housing, Partnerships
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Aug 8, 2023 0
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A Community Health Worker Program Development & Toolkit for Affordable Housing and Community Development Organizations
Topics: Health, Healthy homes, Housing
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Aug 3, 2023 0
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Climate change will affect everyone, so what measures can U.S. communities take now to adapt and thrive? From water-saving landscapes to strategic retreats from hazard-prone areas, experts Colleen Moore and Alexis St. Juliana explore a range of promising responses they’ve identified and explain why historically vulnerable communities must be part of the solutions.
Topics: Community development, Energy, Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Housing, Low-income, Research, Sustainability
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Mar 30, 2023 0
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The following are case studies of NYCHA energy efficiency decarbonization programs. More information about the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) various sustainability programs can be found in our Sustainability Agenda.
Topics: Energy, Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Housing, Sustainability
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Feb 9, 2023 1
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Lessons for funders and social change leaders in search of the best ways to collaborate across sectors to end homelessness.
Topics: Funding, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Supportive housing, Youth
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Jan 3, 2023 0
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Successful diabetes care for vulnerable populations demands a multi-prong approach, deploying direct health interventions, medications, and support from a range of community resources to address the social determinants, which impact diabetes. This brief will highlight, through case studies and program descriptions, the important role of non-clinical staff in both the health center and housing setting to support individuals and families struggling to prevent and keep diabetes conditions under control.
Topics: Health, Housing
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Nov 29, 2022 0
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Disabled individuals and families in federally assisted housing face multiple challenges in gaining access to housing units and services that meet their needs—despite legal frameworks meant to help them. This brief focuses on working-age disabled individuals and families with a disabled household member who live in federally assisted housing. It presents evidence of the challenges with federally assisted housing processes and supports for residents with disabilities, and provides recommendations that could help these processes and supports better meet legal obligations and resident needs.
Topics: Disabilities, Family engagement, Housing
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Oct 27, 2022 0
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According to UN-Habitat, the world needs to build 96,000 affordable homes every day to address the
global housing crisis by 2030. Yet, better utilizing existing housing stock—through options such as shared
housing—can make a significant dent in the need to build more housing. With college students often
challenged to find affordable housing and many older adults living alone in homes with spare bedrooms,
these two groups are increasingly benefitting from living together. Universities are often well-suited to
facilitate students living and learning with older adults in nearby communities...
Topics: Community development, dual-generation initiative, Funding, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Mental health, Seniors, Youth
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Oct 25, 2022 0
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Created by the Older Americans Act in 1973, AAAs are part of the national Aging Network. AAAs are the local leaders that develop, coordinate, and deliver a wide range of home and community-based services. These services include information and referral/assistance, case management, home-delivered meals and meals in
congregate settings, in-home services, caregiver supports, transportation, evidence based health and wellness programs, long-term care ombudsman programs, and more. People who receive services provided by AAAs have improved health and well-being, helping them remain in their homes...
Topics: Disabilities, Food insecurity, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Seniors, Supportive housing
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Oct 18, 2022 0
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As an Area Agency on Aging (AAA), AgeSpan engages in innovative partnerships with housing providers through the Massachusetts Supportive Housing Program (MSHP). Working with property managers at designated local housing sites, AgeSpan places staff as resident service coordinators (RSCs). The RSCs deliberately build strong, trusting relationships with residents, offering a daily touchstone that greatly improves quality of life. When housing and services are coordinated, older adults and people with disabilities are
better able to live well in the community.
Topics: Disabilities, Food insecurity, Housing, Low-income, Seniors
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Oct 18, 2022 0
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New research from Urban Institute housing experts explores the characteristics of youth and young adults living in federally assisted housing and the neighborhoods in which they live. Stable housing is essential for young people as they transition from adolescence to adulthood, and public housing agencies often play a critical role in providing them with affordable homes. In 2021 alone, 755,000 youth (people ages 14 to 18) and 513,000 young adults (people ages 19 to 25) received federal housing assistance. Youth and young adult heads of household in federally assisted housing tend to have...
Topics: Child welfare, Housing, Stability, Youth
Shared by Sandra Ware
on Oct 4, 2022 0
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Join the Housing Is Working Group for webinars, member updates, and round table discussions! This resource provides the 2022-2023 Calendar of Events.
Topics: CLPHA, Housing, Housing Is Working Group
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter
on Aug 30, 2022 0
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Looking largely at the 2020-2021 school year, the report is chock-full of information about how schools apply research-based strategies in a variety of different contexts – from very different school systems across multiple states – to make research translate into positive experiences and outcomes for students and their teachers in three critical areas:
• Instructional work, where math or English-language-arts teams, including instructional coaches, special-education teachers, and English learner/multilingual teachers, work to improve the quality of instruction within classrooms.
• Early...
Topics: Advocacy, Attendance, Child welfare, CLPHA, Community development, Education, Grade-level proficiency, Housing, Literacy, Low-income, Partnerships, Place-based, Supportive housing, Sustainability, Youth
Shared by Karina George
on Jun 29, 2022