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ICYMI: New Criteria Makes it Tougher for Homeless to Get Shelter

ABC 22 News ran a story last week on some of the impacts the new point system for emergency housing are having on folks who are homeless in Vermont. A partial transcript of the report (watch online): The faces and the stories are different, but their experiences have a common theme. “All we’re trying to …

Bennington Coalition Adopts New Name, Sets New Goals

Last week the Bennington Coalition for the Homeless held their annual meeting. At the meeting it was announced they have changed their name and will now be called the Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless. The Bennington Banner has a report from the meeting: The Bennington Coalition for the Homeless will now be called the …

More on HUD Homelessness Report: Vermont Sees Increase in Numbers

According to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Vermont has seen an increase in homelessness from 2012 to 2013. The HUD study showed nationally a decline in the total numbers of those homeless. The HUD study uses data from a count conducted on a single night, known as the Point-in-Time. Shelters report how many …

HUD Releases Homeless Estimates for 2013

New HUD estimates on homelessness are out, and they show a decline in overall homelessness. The number of homeless veterans and people who have been homeless for at least a year has also seen a decline according to the report. USA Today has more: “We’ve seen that in one of the most difficult economic periods in …

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week: Hunger Pains

This week is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The other day Rita Markley, Executive Director of the Committee on Temporary Shelter, and Marissa Parisi, Executive Director of Hunger Free Vermont penned an article on VTDigger highlighting some of the challenges facing Vermonters living in poverty: Just last month, the U.S. Department of Education reported that the number of homeless students in public schools …

Tomorrow: VCEH Monthly Meeting in Randolph

We hope you can make it for tomorrow’s Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness meeting in Randolph. Here are the logistics: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Vermont Tech Enterprise Center 1540 VT Route 66, Randolph, VT We encourage you to attend the meeting in person, but if you are unable to, please dial-in at 1-866-244-8528 and use the participant access …