News and Updates
Emergency Help for Homeless Children, Youth, and Families during COVID-19
On Thursday, February 4th, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, including Senators Murkowski (R-AK), Manchin (D-WV), Sullivan (R-AK), Collins (R-ME), Sinema (D-AZ), Shaheen (D-NH), Schatz (D-HI), Hassan (D-NH), Casey (D-PA), Hirono (D-HI), and Kelly (D-AZ) re-introduced the Emergency Family Stabilization Act (EFSA).
read moreEmergency Legislation for Homeless Children, Youth, and Families Introduced
On Friday, August 7, U.S. Representatives John Yarmuth (D-KY), Don Bacon (R-NE), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Don Young (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan Emergency Family Stabilization Act, H.R. 7950 (EFSA). This legislation is the companion bill to S. 3923, which was introduced in the U.S. Senate on June 10 by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME). This legislation provides flexible funding directly to community-based organizations to meet the needs of children, families, and unaccompanied youth who are experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
read moreSupport Homeless Children and Youth in the Next COVID-19 Legislation
Now more than ever, children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness need our attention. Yet they have been largely left out of previous coronavirus legislation, including the CARES Act and the HEROES Act.
read moreURGENT ACTION: Support Homeless and Trafficked Children, Youth, and Families in the Next COVID Relief Bill
U.S. Representatives John Yarmuth (D-KY), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Danny K. Davis (D-IL) are circulating a bipartisan “Dear Colleague Letter” to House leadership requesting support for children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness and for survivors of human trafficking in the next coronavirus relief package. Please take one minute to protect, support, and stabilize vulnerable youth and families during and after the coronavirus outbreak.
read moreAction Needed by April 1: Get Youth Homelessness Question Added in the 2021 YRBS
Background: Since 2015, the Centers for Disease Control has included two questions about homelessness on their optional questionnaire for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). As optional...
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