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New Location for Tuesday’s VCEH Meeting

The next Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 18 at a new location, the Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph. The meeting will take place at our regular time from 10am to Noon. The details: 10am – Noon, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Chandler Center for the Arts 71-73 Main, Randolph, VT 05060 (Google Map) Directions: From the …

Housing First Training Events Happening Next Week in Rutland and Burlington

Vermont Veteran Services and Pathways Vermont are hosting two Housing First training events that will take place in Rutland and Burlington next week. Both events are free, but you must send in your RSVP to ensure a space at one of the training events. The training, An Introduction to Housing First: The Art & Science of Practice, will first take …

Webinar on Thursday: Tent Cities, Homelessness & Human Rights

This Thursday, March 6 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm join the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty for the webinar “Tent Cities, Homelessness, & Human Rights,” which will feature presentations by Eric Tars of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and Amy Sawyer of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness. The webinar will go into detail about the …

RuralEdge’s Rural Reality Campaign to Spotlight Homelessness in the Northeast Kingdom

RuralEdge is partnering with Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, Northeast Kingdom Youth Services, Lyndon State College, and Q Burke to bring the issue of rural homelessness to light. During the first week of March there will be a series of events to raise funds to prevent homelessness and, more importantly, to raise awareness about homelessness in …

Registration Open for National Health Care for the Homeless Council’s Annual Conference

Registration is now open for the 2014 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium, which will take place from May 28-30 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The gathering is for everyone interested in or currently working to improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness and will feature more than 80 workshops and 150 …

60 Minutes Report on Housing the Chronically Homeless

Last week CBS News and 60 Minutes aired a story on the possible benefits of finding permanent homes for the most vulnerable homeless individuals who once might have been viewed as unreachable. The story focused on a movement known as the 100,000 Homes Campaign, a campaign targeted to house the most at-risk, chronically homeless. Read the full transcript …