Fact Checker: Family Homelessness

Every year 600,000 families with 1.35 million children experience homelessness in the United States, making up about 50 percent of the homeless population over the course of the year. This fact sheet examines the causes and demographics of family homelessness and the programs and policies that are making progress in ending family homelessness. Read More >

Community Snapshot: Westchester County, NY

February 2007 Read More >

Housing First: A New Approach to Ending Homelessness

This document provides a brief overview of Housing First. Read More >

Sourcebook on Ending Family Homelessness

This sourcebook provides resources to assist communities in ending family homelessness. It includes the following:

• The Mayor's Checklist
• The Essential Systems Needed to End Family Homelessness
• What You Should Know About Family Homelessness
• Tools to End Homelessness Among Families
• What State and Local TANF Agencies Can Do to End Family Homelessness
• What PHAs Can Do to End Family Homelessness
• What Child Welfare Agencies Can Do to End Family Homelessness
• Family Unification Program Using TANF Block Grant Funds to House Homeless Families

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Promising Strategies to End Family Homelessness

Family homelessness is more widespread than many think, but it is not an unsolvable problem. Across the country, hundreds of communities are planning to end homelessness, and a handful of communities and many local programs are making progress in ending family homelessness. This paper highlights the strategies promising communities are using to accomplish the goal of ending family homelessness. Read More >

Family Homelessness: Where to From Here? by Dennis Culhane

A presentation of research by Dr. Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Social Welfare Policy, orginally delivered at the National Alliance to End Homelessness National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness in October 2004. Read More >