| 10 Year Plans - USA |
May. 01, 2009
Federal Regional Interagency Councils. The Interagency Council has encouraged the development of Federal Regional Interagency Councils through which key regional representatives of Federal agencies are convened to mirror the work of the federal partners in Washington to make resources more available and accessible to homeless people.
State Interagency Councils on Homelessness. Every State and territory has been encouraged by the Interagency Council to establish by legislative authority or Governor's Executive Order a State Interagency Council on Homelessness with representation at the Cabinet level from the mainstream income support, health care, behavioral health, human services, veterans, corrections, transportation, education, and labor departments and agencies. To date, Governors of 53 states and territories have taken steps to create State Interagency Councils on Homelessness.
Jurisdictional 10-Year Plans to End Homelessness. Cities and counties across the country are being encouraged by the Council to create business-like, results-oriented 10 Year Plans that incorporate a Housing First approach, cost benefit analysis, best practice engagement and services innovations, and prevention. At the close of 2008, 860 cities and counties have partnered in 355 10 Year Plans. In 2006, the State of Michigan directed the development of 60 new 10-Year Plans covering all 83 of its counties, and legislation enacted by the State of Washington has resulted in the creation of local 10 Year Plans throughout that state, providing new models of federal, state, and local jurisdictional partnership and planning.
10 Year Plans to End Homelessness
National Project Homeless Connect. The Council actively works to identify and promote the rapid dissemination and replication of proven innovations to end homelessness. One of those innovations is Project Homeless Connect, a one day, one stop engagement model with immediacy of outcome as a guiding principle, initiated by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and now being promoted by the Council for replication in cities across the country. Sponsored by Mayors and other community leaders and with the help of the business community and volunteers from all walks of life, Project Homeless Connect engages homeless people from off the streets and in shelters and connects them to a range of resources - housing, jobs, medical care, mainstream benefits application assistance - that can put them on the road to recovery and self sufficiency. Please visit our National Project Homeless Connect web page on this website for additional information.
Technical Assistance and Support. The Council has Regional Coordinators to facilitate the Council's mission at the local, state, and regional level. The Regional Coordinators are tasked with the responsibility to facilitate creation, and provide ongoing technical assistance to, Regional Federal Interagency Councils, State Interagency Councils on Homelessness, Jurisdictional 10-Year Plans, and Project Homeless Connect events.
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
409 Third Street SW | Suite 310 | Washington, D.C. 20024
Phone (202) 708-4663 | Fax (202) 708-1216
