From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org):
Senator Hirono (D-HI) is asking Senators to sign her letter in support of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). The letter requests that the T-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee provide $3.6 million in funding to USICH, which is consistent with FY16 and FY15 enacted funding.
The USICH is an independent agency tasked with coordinating the federal response across 19 federal member agencies to addressing homelessness. USICH also provides advice and shares evidence-based best practices in all fifty states at the local level. In 2010, USICH spearheaded the federal government’s first comprehensive strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. Since that time, we have seen an overall reduction in nationwide homelessness by 14 percent, family homelessness by 23 percent, chronic homelessness by 27 percent, and veteran homelessness by 47 percent.
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