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Funding will benefit 16 programs that serve hundreds of homeless vets nationwide ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Expanding on an already vibrant partnership, The Home Depot® Foundation has pledged $1.37 million in new grants to Volunteers of America to address the critical need for housing and services for U.S. military veterans. The grants include funds for 16 Volunteers of America homeless veterans programs in 15 cities. These grants will be used...

Homeless patients experience increased rates of kidney failure and premature death, and they overuse costly emergency services Highlights: -Homeless kidney disease patients suffer from much higher rates of depression and substance abuse and are more likely to develop kidney failure and die prematurely than impoverished patients with stable housing. -Homeless kidney disease patients are also far more likely to use costly emergency medical services. Among patients with moderate to...

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric K. Shinseki and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan will share keynote speaker honors during the opening session of the 2012 Annual Conference of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV), May 30, at the Grand Hyatt Washington. More than 500 representatives of community-based organizations serving homeless veterans and their federal...

Efforts of Michigan Campaign, Community Partners Paying off LANSING, Mich., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the leaders of Michigan's Campaign to End Homelessness announced there were 6,143 fewer Michigan residents who were homeless for any part of 2011 than who were homeless during 2010. The Campaign focuses on preventing homelessness or, when that's not possible, quickly finding housing solutions, while addressing the issues that led to the individual's or family's...

Symposium to Explore Status of District Plan to End Homelessness by 2015 WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place will hold a symposium to assess the District of Columbia's progress toward ending homelessness by 2015, specifically for Veterans and those experiencing chronic homelessness. WHAT: Ending Homelessness in DC: Just How Close Are We? A free symposium open to the public, designed to educate and engage...

Report highlights the barriers to stable housing and wellbeing experienced by homeless and low-income black families NEW YORK, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2010, one out of every 141 black family members stayed in a homeless shelter, a rate seven times higher than members of white families, according to "Intergenerational Disparities Experienced by Homeless Black Families," a report released by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness. "The...

Report Finds High Employment Placement Rates but Low Employment Retention ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With President Obama announcing plans for a new Veterans Job Corps, Volunteers of America has released a new report, drafted in partnership with Wilder Research, which analyzes the success of programs helping homeless veterans rebuild their lives and find work. More than 40 programs nationwide submitted information about their client demographics,...

NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Of all the families who seek temporary shelter in New York City, 40% have had at least one prior shelter stay. To reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for homeless parents and children in New York City and throughout the country, the independent nonprofit research organization Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness (ICPH) released a draft of A New Path: An Immediate Plan to Reduce Family Homelessness today during...

MEDFORD, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concern for Independent Living, a leading nonprofit provider of supportive housing, has been awarded an allocation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from New York State Homes and Community Renewal. The allocation will result in $12,519,160 of funding that will be used to develop 60 units of housing for homeless veterans and their families. The site is located on the former North Amityville Armed Forces Reserve Center in...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Individuals who have been homeless are staffing a "homeless hub" launched by two nonprofit agencies (along with other health care and social service providers) with the support of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS). The Hub of Hope, in a Suburban Station concourse storefront, serves homeless individuals who have been reluctant to make use of services. The Mental...