The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (UISCH) has elected U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra as the new USICH chair and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack as the new vice chair. The vote for new leadership, which is held annually and took place this year on October 30, was led by the outgoing chair, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough. USICH comprises 19 federal agencies that coordinate federal homelessness strategy and support state and local efforts to prevent and end homelessness.
Additionally, USICH announced that Denver has joined the Biden-Harris administration’s ALL INside initiative, which addresses unsheltered homelessness across the country. Denver is the seventh community to join the initiative, along with Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, and the State of California. For each of these communities, the Biden-Harris administration is embedding a dedicated federal official to accelerate locally driven strategies and help address regulatory barriers to housing, health care, and other support for people experiencing homelessness.
The ALL INside initiative is a key component of All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, a comprehensive and ambitious plan to reduce homelessness by 25% by 2025 and set our nation on a path to ending homelessness. The plan recommits the federal government to the proven, effective strategy of Housing First and to directly addressing the racial inequities that contribute to homelessness (Memo, 12/19/22).
Learn more about the ALL INside initiative at: https://usich.gov/federal-strategic-plan/all-inside