Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition

HUD will host a webcast on Thursday, February 4, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM CST, addressing how HUD’s FY 2011 budget will help the Department move forward in its efforts to prevent and end homelessness.  Presenters will include: Mercedes Márquez, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development; Sandra Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; Fred Karnas, Senior Adviser to HUD Secretary; Donald Moulds, Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (HHS); and Dr. Carl Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (Education)

For more information, please visit: http://www.hud.gov/webcasts/index.cfm

KSHC has been working diligently to improve our online communications. Today, we present you with an all new version of our website to effectively and efficiently better inform you. Any feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Kansas Housing Resources Corporation will be conducting two regional Emergency Shelter Grant Application workshops in conjunction with partners from the Mid America Assistance Coalition and the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition.

The focus of the workshops will be to review an updated and revised 2010 ESG application.  We will also discuss the Balance of State Continuum of Care (BOS CoC) and the BOS CoC Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
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On December 1 or 2 Call Congress for National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) Money Let’s Get NHTF Money Before Congress Adjourns for Holidays

Please call your representative and both of your senators on December 1 or 2.

Tell them you want at least $1 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund before Congress adjourns later in December.  Tell them to support any bill moving through the House or Senate that contains money for the NHTF.

Our goal is to create an early-December blizzard of phone calls from all over in a compressed period of time to demonstrate strong and urgent support for an initial infusion of money for the NHTF.
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Thanks for helping make the summit a success.

HUD has sent the directions for updating the Kansas Balance-of-State Housing Inventory. This document lists our bed capacity for shelters, transitional and permanent housing. Any organization that provides housing for people who are homeless or has received funding to support a project needs to provide information to update this inventory.

It is critical this be completed quickly and completely since it is part of the HUD BoS CoC Homeless Assistance Grant Application.  This date lists the Kansas’ capacity and is used to report the beds, units, HMIS coverage and Point-In-Time (January 27, 2009). The following types of programs are included:
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