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ASHEVILLE - Nearly a year after the National Alliance to End Homelessness delivered its report to Asheville, offering more than 100 recommendations to cut its unsheltered numbers in half by 2025 ...
(The Center Square) - Newly released federal data says California’s homeless population grew to 187,084 at the start of 2024, up from 181,399 in 2023, raising questions about the efficacy of the ...
(The Center Square) – Unaccompanied youth have faced a substantial increase in homelessness in Nevada recently, while the rise of chronic homelessness remains a serious problem. The ...
The AHAR report relies on data from two sources: single-night, point-in-time counts of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations reported on the Continuum of Care applications to HUD; and counts of the sheltered homeless population over a full year provided by a sample of communities based on data in their local Homeless Management ...
States with higher scores tend to have comprehensive plans to end homelessness, entities dedicated to youth homelessness, and laws that protect the rights and dignity of homeless youth. The index has noted an improvement in state scores over time, indicating a growing awareness and response to the issue of youth homelessness. [7] [1] [6]
The report notes that some data regarding the number of program participants and bed inventory in the state system might not be accurate or reliable. The council, which lawmakers created to help the state deal with its homelessness problem, also has only reported on homelessness spending once since its creation in 2017, according to the report.
$25.3 million was spent to operate homeless housing programs in Whatcom County in 2023. 23.2% of that funding came from local city and county funding pools.
For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...