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J&A Fall Workshop
Saturday,
Sept. 26, 2009


LEHIGH COUNTY
CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES

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    Affordable Housing and Homelessness

    • Allentown's Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
      Ten Year Plan
      Summary of Year One
    • Lehigh Valley Coalition on Affordable Housing
      portal.caclv.org
    • Pennsylvania's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness
      www.hrsa.gov
    • The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
      www.housingalliancepa.org
    • National Alliance to End Homelessness
      www.endhomelessness.org
      HEARTH Act summary
      This report provides a detailed overview of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act signed into law on May 20, 2009. The document explains the bill's background, provides details on its provisions.
    Church Resources
    • Presbyterian Network to End Homelessness
      www.pnteh.org
    • "Homeless in the United States"
      A United Methodist Resolution on Homelessness --
      background information and recommendations for church advocacy
    Housing First Model for Homelessness/Mental Illness Social Service, Education, and Advocacy for Homeless People Research Papers on Homelessness
    • Rearranging the Deck Chairs or Reallocating the Lifeboats?: Homelessness Assistance and Its Alternatives, by Dennis P. Culhane and Stephen Metraux
      Abstract Full Text (pdf)
    • The Cost of Homelessness: A Perspective from the United States, by Dennis P. Culhane
      Abstract Full Text (pdf)
    • Other Papers on Homelessness


    Location: http://ja.ppjr.org/issues/housing.htm
    Last Updated: 9/11/09
    Created: July 14, 2009