Blog: Homelessness Ends Here

Since taking office, President Obama has prioritized addressing the plight of homeless veterans. Recognizing the severity of the situation, the Administration earlier this month unveiled a comprehensive plan to end homelessness among veterans in five years. The new federal strategy, which was announced by US Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, relies on maximizing resources from government, business and the nonprofit sector to combat homelessness.

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A weekly summary of timely, breaking news analysis and observations from the homelessness blog and e-news world.

A summary of tweets from the Funders Together twitter feed. Follow us at @FundersTogether for real-time updates!

Gates Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes asks the question, "How does a family get into the homelessness system in the first place? It turns out you usually can’t get the help you really need until you’re literally homeless. If you ask for assistance because you’re about to become homeless, you’re pretty much out of luck. That doesn’t make any sense. The goal is to end homelessness, not to encourage it."

Bill Pitkin, author of the Poverty and Inequality blog, delves into the 2009 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count and asks whether the progress in addressing homelessness in Los Angeles has been real or imagined... or a little of both.

A lot is being said and written about access to health care these days. But unless we get a handle on how to lower the ever-escalating costs of health services, efforts to ensure that all Americans have equal access to care may only produce headaches and a larger national debt.

A weekly summary of timely, breaking news analysis and observations from the homelessness blog world.

In a recent speech to several hundred of the nation’s most influential community foundations, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan referenced ongoing discussions with Funders Together as a leading example of how HUD is integrating feedback from the philanthropic sector in its research and knowledge sharing strategies.

Interested in diverse perspectives and opinions on current trends in homelessness and poverty? Here’s a quick roundup of some of the blogs we follow most closely.