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It was created to assist case managers and outreach workers in finding services for their homeless clients. It provides information on and links to various services offered to the homeless by federal agencies. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>USICH Highlights Innovations in May<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">During the month of May, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness is highlighting 20 ideas to prevent and end homelessness. Each idea is an innovation that achieves results for a different community or organization. Each profile includes what the innovation is and how it works, who benefits, what results are being achieved, who the innovator is, and where you can learn more about the innovation. To view these profiles, continuing to be released through the end of May, </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.ich.gov/innovations/"><FONT color=#800080><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">click here</SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Funding for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">PTSD</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) allocated an additional $2 million to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This decision follows months of communication between VA Secretary Peake and Senators Akaka and Sanders on boosting the Center's budget. The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for PTSD consists of seven VA academic centers of excellence across the mainland <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The website for the Center includes information and resources for veterans and their families, mental health care providers, health care providers, and researchers. To view the Center's website, </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp"><FONT color=#800080><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">click here</SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Guidebook for Building Job Retention Culture for Homeless<BR><BR></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Keeping Up the Good Work" is a response to the gap in resources for homeless assistance, supportive housing and workforce development practitioners to help tenants of supportive housing, shelter residents and homeless people keep their jobs. It is about how practitioners can help job seekers and workers maintain an attachment to the labor force.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To download a free copy, </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://documents.csh.org/documents/cheta/KeepingUptheGoodWork.pdf"><FONT color=#800080><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">click here</SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>NCHV Conference Call on Fund Development and Diversification<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Wednesday,&nbsp;May 28th&nbsp;at 2 p.m. EDT</SPAN></STRONG><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">During this teleconference, Linda Lysakowski,&nbsp;internationally recognized author, speaker, trainer and founder and President/CEO of CAPITAL VENTURE, will discuss how to look for funding, having an integrated development plan, and fund diversification.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>&nbsp;<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To register for this teleconference, send an e-mail with your name and organization name to </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN><A href="mailto:fundraising@nchv.org"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">fundraising@nchv.org</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Last Chance for Discounted Room Rates for NCHV Annual Conference <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></SPAN> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">NCHV's 12<SUP>th</SUP> annual conference is being held June 23-25. The theme of this year's conference is "Special Challenges of a New Era," featuring speakers that will inspire, strengthen and even surprise attendees as we consider the emerging needs of a new homeless veteran demographic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Headquarters for the conference will be the <B><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366"><A title=blocked::http://grandwashington.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp href="http://grandwashington.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp"><SPAN style="COLOR: purple">Grand Hyatt Washington</SPAN></A></SPAN></B>, 1000 H Street NW, in the heart of Washington, D.C. NCHV has reserved a block of rooms for $201 each plus 14% tax; make your reservation by May 22 to assure this rate. <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DO NOT WAIT</SPAN></STRONG> for&nbsp;five straight years the block of rooms NCHV reserves for this conference have sold out months before the event. Be sure to identify yourself as attending the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Conference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Reservations can be made by calling <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">202-582-1234 or toll-free 800-233-1234.</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Conference fees are $275 for members, $350 for non-members. One day fees are $110 for members and $130 for non-members. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Deadline to register without a $35 late fee is June 10.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">For more information </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A title=blocked::http://nchv.org/annualconference.cfm href="http://nchv.org/annualconference.cfm"><SPAN style="COLOR: purple">click here</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">For the registration form </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><A title="blocked::http://www.nchv.org/docs/2008 Conference Registration Form.pdf" href="http://www.nchv.org/docs/2008%20Conference%20Registration%20Form.pdf"><SPAN style="COLOR: purple">click here</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Grants<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></B></P><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards</STRONG> program, a partnershia partnership of World Hunger Year (WHY) and the Harry Chapin Foundation, distributes cash grants to outstanding<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>grassroots organizations in the United States that have moved<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>beyond charity to creating change in their communities. Organizations selected as Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners are judged for their innovative and creative approaches to fighting domestic hunger and poverty by empowering people and building self-reliance. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. The total budget for the program cannot exceed $500,000. Applicant organizations' programs must go beyond emergency food, shelter, and other types of assistance to address the root causes of poverty. The program will not consider applications from organizations providing only emergency services. Grant amounts will range up to a maximum of $7,000 each. WHY will include program applicants in a database that allows information sharing among community-based organizations, the media, funders, and government agencies. See the WHY Web site for complete program information and application instructions. The deadline for applications is June 16. To apply, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366"><A href="http://www.worldhungeryear.org/comm_conn/hcsra.asp"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366">click here</SPAN></A></SPAN></B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation</STRONG> is accepting proposals for grants through the Community Partners Program to improve the quality of life in the 26 communities nationwide where the founders owned newspapers. Although the priorities differ for each community, the focus primarily is on issues relating to children and families, civic participation, cultural life, educational and economic opportunities for all residents, and housing and community development. The foundation encourages interested organizations to send a one to two page letter of inquiry before submitting a proposal. Geographic eligibility and other guidelines are available on the Foundation's website. To view the site, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366"><A href="http://www.knightfoundation.org/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366">click here</SPAN></A></SPAN></B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"></SPAN></B></FONT></SPAN></B><BR>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></B><STRONG><BR></STRONG></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=small> <P class=normal align=center>Technical Assistance provided in this e-Newsletter is funded, in part, through a grant from the <BR><SPAN class=normalbold>U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Labor. </SPAN></P> <P class=normal align=center><STRONG>National Coalition for Homeless Veterans</STRONG><BR>333 ½ Pennsylvania Avenue, SE<BR>Washington, DC 20003-1148</P> <P class=small><STRONG>Mission: </STRONG>The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans will end homelessness among veterans by shaping public policy, promoting collaboration, and building the capacity of service providers.</P> <P class=small>This newsletter is sent to subscribers and members of NCHV. If you would like to be removed from our list, please send an email to: <A href="mailto:nchv4@nchv.org">nchv4@nchv.org</A>. You can subscribe or view past issues here: <A href="http://www.nchv.org/enewsletter.cfm" target=_blank>http://www.nchv.org/enewsletter.cfm</A><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>