Project Report
| Mar 25, 2021
NCH March Report
By Donald Hugh Whitehead | Executive Director
The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has been extremely busy over the past seven months. NCH has partnered with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD) to hire people with Lived Experience to provide direct Technical Experience on HUD projects and programs affecting people experiencing homelessness. Our partnership has helped provide meaningful input on the COVID Relief Bills, Vaccine Distribution, Logistics, and Policy. NCH is also developing a Peer Support Certification for people with lived experience. NCH will also be providing Technical Assistance to CDC and DOJ.
In January, NCH hired a Director of Grassroots Organizing. Brian Davis, former Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, joined the team and has hit the ground running. NCH also partnered with Progressive Insurance to homelessness. NCH also partnered with the Ford Fund and delivered 1.5 Million life-saving COVID Masks to shelters and community-based organizations across the country, saving countless lives in the process. NCH has also added several amazing new member organizations and Board Members highlighted by Christian Nunes of NOW. NCH staff has met with Marsha Fudge, incoming HUD Secretary, and Anthony Love, Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council On Homelessness. NCH staff will be meeting shortly with additional cabinet members. NCH has joined the National Racial Equity Workgroup to address the overrepresentation of people of color experiencing homelessness.
Finally, NCH is working on Comprehensive Legislation to End Homelessness.
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Nov 23, 2020
National Coalition for the Homeless 3rd Qtr Report
By Donald Whitehead | Executive Director
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The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has had an eventful last few months. In addition to the hiring of Donald Whitehead as Executive Director, NCH has adopted new by-laws to energize its membership. NCH has adopted by-laws that bring coalitions and individual members across the country into the organization's decision-making process. The new structure has already resulted in greater participation in the decision-making process and significant involvement on committees and town hall meetings.
NCH has created a partnership to provide Technical Assistance in several communities. Individuals are providing technical assistance with lived experience who are paid fair market wages for their work.
Currently, NCH has 14 consultants with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) NCH is also awaiting word on three additional partnerships that will increase the number of consultants with Lived Experience. NCH has also expanded its speaker's bureau online and expanded the geographical footprint by enlisting speakers from across the country. Nch also partnered with the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness to sponsor "Hunger And Homeless Awareness Week."
NCH will prepare to release the Homeless Hate Crimes Report in early December.
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Jul 27, 2020
National Coalition for the Homeless July Report
By Donald Whitehead | Board President
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The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) is renewing its support for Civil Rights, including Racial Inequities. NCH supported the introduction of the Hero's Act to address the many individuals impacted by a housing crisis that has been ignited by the COVID-19 epidemic. The Bill calls for $ 100 Billion in new housing resources and additional funds for Homeless Assistance. The Bill is critical as an economist has reported a potential 45% increase in homeless as a result of evictions caused by the pandemic.
NCH has partnered with HUD and ABt Associates to provide people who have experienced homelessness with opportunities to help shape policy directives released by HUD. NCH continues to collaborate with the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty on the Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign to protect against criminalization efforts against people experiencing homelessness. The NCH, Hate Crimes report, is nearing its final stages of development.
NCH has transformed the face to face Speaker's Bureau Activities into a digital format. People experiencing homelessness present their stories as part of the "Faces of Homelessness" speakers bureau on ZOOM calls across the country.
NCH will begin monthly Town Hall meeting in August aimed at raising the voices of people experiencing homelessness and their allies Please stay tuned for more information. Nch is also continuing to ensure participation in the voting system with the "You Don't Need a Home to Vote Campaign"
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