NCHV and UCLA Veterans Legal Clinic Join Forces to Advocate for Unhoused Veterans through Amicus Brief

2024-04-09T15:25:29+00:00

The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) has partnered with the UCLA Veterans Legal Clinic to take a stand in one of the most consequential legal battles concerning homelessness and the rights of unsheltered individuals in recent times. Together, they have filed an Amicus Brief with the United States Supreme Court in the pivotal case of Johnson v Grants Pass, set to be deliberated on April 22, 2024. This brief was filed on behalf of 45 veteran-serving organizations across the country to provide the lived realities of unhoused veterans and represents our collective interests to the U.S. [...]

NCHV and UCLA Veterans Legal Clinic Join Forces to Advocate for Unhoused Veterans through Amicus Brief2024-04-09T15:25:29+00:00

USICH Unveils New Strategic Plan

2022-12-22T16:18:09+00:00

The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) is thankful for the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness' (USICH) recent release of the USICH Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, and for the work of the administration on ending veteran homelessness. We are encouraged by the inclusion of most of NCHV's top priorities for preventing and ending veteran homelessness. This strategic plan is key in coordinating not only the homelessness efforts of over twenty Federal agencies but also guides the efforts of state and local communities work to enable them to proactively fill in any gaps [...]

USICH Unveils New Strategic Plan2022-12-22T16:18:09+00:00

DOL funding opportunity to help veterans at risk of, or experiencing homelessness to return to workforce

2022-01-13T15:18:13+00:00

US Department of Labor announces funding opportunity to help veterans at risk of /experiencing homelessness to return to the workforce On January 12, 2022, The U.S. Department of Labor announced a funding opportunity for organizations to provide training and employing services to veterans combating homelessness. Administered by the department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, the grants will fund projects across the country at a maximum of $500,000 annually, for a total of up to $1.5 million over a three-year performance period of performance. The awards are part of the VETS’ Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program that [...]

DOL funding opportunity to help veterans at risk of, or experiencing homelessness to return to workforce2022-01-13T15:18:13+00:00

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GRANT AND PER DIEM PROGRAM

2021-09-23T20:22:10+00:00

An opportunity to seize the moment to end veteran homelessness Our nation has made tremendous progress in reducing and ending veteran homelessness. In the next few years, we have an opportunity to finish the job. Numerous communities across the country have already demonstrated that it is possible to end veteran homelessness across a region. To date, 12 US communities participating in Built for Zero have achieved functional zero, and 82 communities and 3 states have achieved the Federal Benchmarks and Criteria on Ending Veteran Homelessness. Support from the federal government was critical to [...]

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GRANT AND PER DIEM PROGRAM2021-09-23T20:22:10+00:00

Policing- and punishment-based approaches: A really expensive way to make homelessness worse

2021-09-28T14:39:38+00:00

Policing- and punishment-based approaches: A really expensive way to make homelessness worse The National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) is aligned behind seeking housing justice in order to end homelessness, including youth homelessness. The national organizations that make up the NCHJ represent advocates and leaders in national efforts to end homelessness. Today, the coalition released the following statement, condemning the ongoing use of law enforcement in response to visible homelessness and calling on the federal government to take steps to stop this harmful approach. Background: We can all agree that no one should be sleeping on sidewalks. So we [...]

Policing- and punishment-based approaches: A really expensive way to make homelessness worse2021-09-28T14:39:38+00:00
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