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Introduction
One very important dimension of homelessness concerns how a community responds to homelessness, how community providers and community leaders organize homeless services, and how they plan to address homelessness in their community. Another dimension concerns how these services are funded and how funds are monitored and communities are held accountable. In this country, a major source of funding for homeless services is legislated by Congress through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and is administered by the U.S. Dept. of Urban Development (HUD). HUD requires that every community receiving funds under the McKinney Act organize community stakeholders to consider and decide upon a comprehensive plan to “end homelessness” in their community within the next ten years. The organization of community stakeholders is known as the “Continuum of Care” and the plan they create is called the “Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness”. Almost all states and all communities have both a Continuum and a Ten Year Plan.
Instructions
In this assignment, please critique the Ten-Year Plan for your community. To complete the assignment you will need to either find the Ten-Year Plan online for your community or you can download the sample Ten-Year Plan for Portland, ME. To find the Plan for your community, try conducting a web search or contact your local or regional Community Development Office for a copy of the Plan. To help guide you through the Plan, it is also advisable that you contact the Chairperson of the local “Continuum of Care” to obtain their perspective and insights into the unique issues facing your local community or region.
Hide Assignment Information
Instructions
Introduction
One very important dimension of homelessness concerns how a community responds to homelessness, how community providers and community leaders organize homeless services, and how they plan to address homelessness in their community. Another dimension concerns how these services are funded and how funds are monitored and communities are held accountable. In this country, a major source of funding for homeless services is legislated by Congress through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and is administered by the U.S. Dept. of Urban Development (HUD). HUD requires that every community receiving funds under the McKinney Act organize community stakeholders to consider and decide upon a comprehensive plan to “end homelessness” in their community within the next ten years. The organization of community stakeholders is known as the “Continuum of Care” and the plan they create is called the “Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness”. Almost all states and all communities have both a Continuum and a Ten Year Plan.
Instructions
In this assignment, please critique the Ten-Year Plan for your community. To complete the assignment you will need to either find the Ten-Year Plan online for your community or you can download the sample Ten-Year Plan for Portland, ME. To find the Plan for your community, try conducting a web search or contact your local or regional Community Development Office for a copy of the Plan. To help guide you through the Plan, it is also advisable that you contact the Chairperson of the local “Continuum of Care” to obtain their perspective and insights into the unique issues facing your local community or region.
Questions to Address
Create a narrated presentation of at least 10 slides and consider the following questions:
What are the major issues the plan addresses?
Does the plan focus on chronic homelessness or other populations?
How does the plan address issues of diversity and inclusion?
Does the plan distinguish between families who are homeless and individuals?
What are some of the program and collaborative strategies the plan proposes to implement to end homelessness?
Based on the other research and solutions you have read on the topic and your community, how would you rate the Plan’s capacities and abilities to end homelessness in your community in 10 years?
You can do mine as Springfield Massachusetts.
