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National Alliance to End Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is to end homelessness in the United States. We use research and data to find solutions to homelessness; we work with federal and local partners to create a solid base of policy and resources that support those solutions; and then we help communities implement them.
National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) operates the Department's technical assistance center for the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program.
In this role, NCHE works with schools, service providers, parents, and other interested stakeholders to ensure that children and youth experiencing homelessness can enroll and succeed in school. NCHE is based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
National Coalition for the Homeless
fighting in four areas housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil rights
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, a 501(c)3 based in Washington, D.C., is the only national legal group dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness. We operate programs across the United States that serve America’s more than 3.5 million homeless families, children and individuals. We believe that the right to a home and food and the rights of children to go to school lie at the heart of human dignity and we envision a world where no one has to go without the basics of human survival.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination, and transform the way HUD does business.
National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans
The National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (the Center) works to promote recovery-oriented care for Veterans who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness by developing and disseminating evidence-based policies, programs, and best practices. Established in 2009, the Center supports the implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)'s Five Year Plan to End Homelessness among Veterans, put forth by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), in their 2010 Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, “Opening Doors”
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)
Coordinate and catalyze the federal response to homelessness, working in close partnership with Cabinet Secretaries and other senior leaders across our 19 federal member agencies.
By organizing and supporting leaders such as Governors, Mayors, Continuum of Care leaders, and other local officials, we drive action to achieve the goals of the federal strategic plan to prevent and homelessness--and ensure that homelessness in America is ended once and for all.
State
Coalition for the Homeless
The Coalition for the Homeless is the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women and children. We believe that affordable housing, sufficient food and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Since our inception in 1981, the Coalition has worked through litigation, public education and direct services to ensure that these goals are realized.
Homeless Housing and Assistance Corporation (HHAC)
HHAC is a public benefit corporation formed in 1990 for the purposes of administering the Homeless Housing and Assistance Program. HHAC is a subsidiary corporation of the NYS Housing Finance Agency (HFA), and is governed by a Board of Directors. HHAC is staffed by employees of the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA).
Local
Catholic Charities of Onondaga County
Catholic Charities of Onondaga County helps people in need regardless of their religion, race, ethnicity, or nationality. We assist over 19,000 people annually through programs for people of all ages and stages of life. We believe that all people have infinite value and are worthy of our respect and compassion. Above all, we are committed to creating hope and transforming lives.
Rescue Mission Alliance
Since 1887, the Rescue Mission has served people in need in Central New York. Beginning as an outreach to Erie Canal workers and the community that formed around them, we have been here to help through war and peace, economic booms and recessions, even the Great Depression. Today, the Rescue Mission provides programs to end hunger and homelessness in Syracuse, Auburn, Binghamton and Ithaca. Programs are tailored to the needs in each community.
We Rise Above the Streets
Encourage and foster mental change in Syracuse's most disadvantaged population through education and life enrichment programs.
Other Organizations
Eviction Lab
The Eviction Lab is a team of researchers, students, and website architects who believe that a stable, affordable home is central to human flourishing and economic mobility. Accordingly, understanding the sudden, traumatic loss of home through eviction is foundational to understanding poverty in America.
Invisible People
Invisible People goes beyond the rhetoric, statistics, political debates, and limitations of social services to examine poverty in America via a medium that audiences of all ages can understand, and can’t ignore. The vlog puts into context one of our nation’s most troubling and prevalent issues through personal stories captured by the lens of Mark Horvath – its founder – and brings into focus the pain, hardship and hopelessness that millions face each day. One story at a time, videos posted on InvisiblePeople.tv shatter the stereotypes of America’s homeless, force shifts in perception and deliver a call to action that is being answered by national brands, nonprofit organizations and everyday citizens now committed to opening their eyes and their hearts to those too often forgotten.