The American Rescue Plan provided new funding to HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program. HOME-ARP can fund affordable housing development, rental assistance, supportive services, or non-congregate shelter for qualifying households who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Abt is helping develop webinars that aim to encourage HOME Participating Jurisdictions to work with community partners.
Exploring Homelessness among People Living in Encampments and Associated Costs, a new study conducted by Abt for HUD and HHS, analyzed the nature of homeless encampments, city strategies for responding to them, and the costs associated with those approaches.
Abt’s Nichole Fiore was interviewed by Southern California Public Radio/KPCC's A Martinez on the findings from our recent national report for HUD on homeless encampments, and encampment challenges in Los Angeles.
The social determinants of health are interactive and multi-faceted, but often the experts who address them are siloed as are their data. Chris Tappan and Lori Hunter discuss data systems, collaboration between agencies, and the vital importance of equitable services in this latest episode of The Intersect.
Homeless Veterans often struggle with proving their Veteran status, which grants them eligibility for benefits. Brian Sokol dives into how the Status Query and Response Exchange enables the efficient real-time verification of a Veteran’s eligibility for services, eliminating the traditionally painful wait for paperwork.
A recent study for the New York City Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity used community-based participatory research methods to understand more about people living in poverty in NYC. Findings show poverty presents a set of interlocking, compounding challenges that are difficult to surmount. Learn more in this blog post.
The COVID-19 pandemic generated significant health and economic consequences that disproportionately impacted communities of color, and nationwide protests against police violence brought heightened attention to systemic racism and racial injustice. These briefs from Abt examine how JPMorgan Chase’s PRO Neighborhoods and AdvancingCitiesgrantees adjusted their work to adapt.
The Special Population Demonstration process study was intended to help Transitional Living Programs (TLPs) implement enhanced and innovative services for youth populations at heightened risk of homelessness. This reportdocuments how and why TLPs selected different housing models and policies and promising strategies to help residents feel connected and respected
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