Barack Obama
In reply to the discussion: President Obama's Record on Helping Our Poor.. [View all]sheshe2
(83,138 posts)to try to right the wrongs. Incredibly sad that so many give uneducated hate filled passion to their belief that this President has done nothing.
On a Path to Ending Homelessness
Someone once told me -- in your head it's a dream, but on paper it's a plan. As a nation, weve talked about addressing the issue of homelessness, and now we have a plan. Over the last year, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), consisting of 19 federal agencies and chaired by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, drafted the nations first comprehensive strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness.
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The plan sets ambitious but measurable goals: (1) end chronic homelessness in five years; (2) prevent and end homelessness among veterans in five years; (3) prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children within a decade; and (4) put us on a path to ending all types of homelessness.
The plan builds on existing interagency partnerships and evidence-based models that are working at the local level. It will focus the resources and efforts of federal agencies to offer a variety of comprehensive solutions. For example, the partnership between HUD, HHS, and Education will provide homeless families with not only a home, but the wrap-around services they need to remain off the streets.
This is doable but it requires all of us to work together - Congress, federal agencies, state and local officials, faith-based and community organizations, and business and philanthropic leaders across our country.
Detail from one of your links.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/23/a-path-ending-homelessness
Thank you Cha for posting this information here.