Hot Topics

• Registration is Now Closed for the 2012 NCHV Annual Conference
  "Halfway Home: Progress in the Plan to End Veteran Homelessness," May 30 - June 1 in Washington, D.C.

• Appeal to Leadership to Preserve, Advance the Five-Year Plan
  By John Driscoll, NCHV President and CEO

• President Obama, First Lady Honored for Leadership to End Veteran Homelessness
  Selected as recipients of the 2012 Jerald Washington Memorial Founders’ Award

• HUD, VA to Provide Permanent Supportive Housing to More Than 10,000 Homeless Veterans
  $72.6 million provided to public housing agencies

New Grants Available

• Top Picks of the Week
  Updated May 18, 2012

• DOL-VETS Announces Availability of VWIP Funds
  $12.8 million to fund up to 11 grantees

• VA Announces Funding Availability for the Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program
  Expects to fund 600 beds across four priority areas; applications due May 30

New Resources

• DOL-VETS Launches VRAP Toolkit
  VRAP program to train 99,000 unemployed vets

• HUD Properties Available for Homeless Services
  Properties available in seven states

• "Blended Funding and Sustainability: Creating a Comprehensive Sustainability Plan"
  Teleconference from SAMHSA's Homeless and Housing Resource Network

• USICH Releases Annual Update Report
  On progress in national plan to end homelessness

• Beyond VASH - Ending Veteran Homelessness
  USICH webinar May 23

News Flashes

• NCHV Releases Report on "Veteran Access to Housing Summit"
  Issue will be further explored at 2012 NCHV Annual Conference

• Homelessness among Veterans Declines 12 Percent in 2011
  67,495 veterans were homeless on a single night in January 2011

Policy & Legislation

• FY 2013 Budget Keeps America on Track to End Veteran Homelessness by 2015
  Represents commitment to both rescue and prevention

• Gearing Up for 2012 - The "Critical" Year
  By John Driscoll, NCHV President and CEO

• Veteran Homelessness Prevention Platform
  Signature NCHV document

Testimony

• Statement for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health
  Legislative Hearing on H.R. 4079, H.R. 3723, and H.R. 1460 (April 16, 2012)

• ABCCM Testimony for the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  Hearing on Ending Homelessness Among Veterans (March 14, 2012)