Homelessness News

Study finds significant number of kids experience family homelessness

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A new multisite study by UCLA and RAND Corp. researchers and colleagues has found that 7 percent of fifth-graders and their families have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and that the occurrence...


Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update

Rural Assistance Center: The Rural Assistance Center is a collaborative effort of the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health, and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI); and is funded by a grant through HRSA's Office of Rural Health...


Request for Information Concerning Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

From: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: We are trying to help a reporter at a national newspaper who is working on a story about runaway and throwaway youth. The reporter is especially interested in any changes that folks are...


Providing housing for homeless persons with alcoholism linked with reduced health care costs

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: An intervention that provides housing for homeless persons with severe alcohol problems without requiring abstinence from drinking was associated with reduced health care use and costs and a decrease in the use of alcohol, according...


Preventing Veteran Homelessness

The Urban Institute: Panel Discussion and Webcast Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Noon-1:30 ET To attend in Washington, D.C., RSVP at http://www.urban.org/events/FirstTuesdays/rsvp.cfm, e-mail paffairs@urban.org, or call (202) 261-5709. To listen to the audio webcast, register at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=57158. Panelists: ? Steve Berg,...


The New York Community Trust Gives $7 Million to Help Struggling New Yorkers

New York Community Trust: Grants totaling $7,198,000 to eight New York nonprofits were approved today by the board of The New York Community Trust, the City?s community foundation, to help New Yorkers who are hungry or homeless, and those facing...