NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) invite advocates nationwide to register for the fifth webinar in our series on homelessness and Housing First. The webinar, “Housing First Supports Income Security,” will be held on Monday, April 17, from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. The webinar will examine the ways Housing First supports income security, including cash assistance and employment. The speakers will share strategies for leveraging community resources to increase program participants’ incomes in ways that are tailored to each individual’s goals. Register at: https://bit.ly/3XJFKoe
Agenda
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Peggy Bailey, Vice President for Housing and Income Security, CBPP
- Housing First Supports Income Security
- Erik Gartland, Research Analyst, CBPP
- Hannah Maharrey, Executive Director, Mississippi Balance of State CoC
- Kelly Green-Bloomfield, Director of Program Operations, Flagler Housing and Homeless Services, Richmond, VA
- Aubrey Wilde, Advocacy Program Director, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
- Take Action and Closing Remarks
- Peggy Bailey, Vice President for Housing and Income Security, CBPP
Please note that this webinar is not a training, and webinar attendees will not receive a certificate of completion.
More than 7,000 people registered for the four-part webinar series we held in August and September. Given the tremendous interest among stakeholders and the increased risk of harmful measures to criminalize homelessness, we decided to continue our national webinar series monthly. We will continue to share critical information about solutions to homelessness and amplify the work of advocates and people with lived expertise across the nation. Did you miss our previous webinars? Check out the webinar recaps, including the links to the recording and presentation slides.
Homelessness is a crisis in many communities – one that demands urgent action. To end homelessness once and for all, federal, state, and local governments must invest in proven solutions at the scale necessary to address the problem. The Housing First model is one of the best strategies for ending homelessness. Housing First recognizes that affordable and accessible homes are the foundation on which people thrive, and by combining housing with access to supportive services, Housing First can help people exit homelessness and live stably in their communities.
In communities across the nation, however, some misguided policymakers are responding to this crisis by advancing dangerous rhetoric and harmful, dehumanizing measures that will make it even harder for people to exit homelessness. It is critical that advocates nationwide are unified in pushing back against stigmatizing and counterproductive efforts that seek to criminalize homelessness, impose punitive requirements, and even prevent the development of affordable housing.
As our communities struggle with soaring inflation, skyrocketing rents, increased evictions, and, in many cases, more homelessness, it is more important than ever that advocates work together to advance the bold policies and anti-racist reforms needed to ensure stable, affordable, and accessible homes for all people experiencing and at risk of homelessness.
Learn more about Housing First at: https://bit.ly/3ViLyU6