House, Senate approve plan to cap family shelter stays at 9 months and up budget by $251 million The agreement would pull another $251 million from the so-called Transitional Escrow Account to help pay for fiscal 2024 shelter system costs, with another $175 million available in the budget year ... 04/25/2024 - 9:58 am | View Link
A deal to buy Skid Row homeless housing fell apart. Here’s why vulnerable tenants and taxpayers are at risk The AIDS Healthcare Foundation abandoned its bid to buy six failing Skid Row buildings. The decision might leave the city on the hook for more funding. 04/25/2024 - 7:30 am | View Link
In St. Petersburg, homeless people get an apartment, support – and a fresh start A man in a black ball cap shouldered a battered backpack. Another, with a white beard and cane, clutched a bag of pill bottles. A woman with gray hair stood staring up at the six-story buildings, ... 04/23/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Anchorage’s Covenant House receives $1M federal grant to help foster youth before they age out Sean Gaither, director of housing at Covenant House, shows Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families Jeff Hild where homeless youth are ... transitioning ... 04/23/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Lawmakers Should Spend a Night in a Homeless Shelter If there’s one thing I could tell lawmakers, it would be to bring back the expanded, monthly, fully refundable Child Tax Credit. Those monthly payments of ... 04/18/2024 - 6:55 pm | View Link