Nan Roman on NPR
Nan Roman, the president of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, spoke on NPR's Weekend Edition about the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing program. Listen to the story on the NPR website.
Articles
Stimulus goal: Stem homeless tide in city
Stimulus goal: Stem homeless tide in city By Matthew E. Milliken : The Herald-Sun mmilliken@heraldsun.com Mar 12, 2009 DURHAM -- The federal stimulus package will provide $789,000 for Durham agencies to devote to the prevention of homelessness over the next three years. Rules for the new program, which will get $1.5 billion nationally and $29 million around the state, could be finalized by federal authorities next week. But advocates say it will help keep people off the streets by providing money they need to stay housed or to find new housing. "This is really a new way of thinking about prevention than we have typically dealt with in the past in North Carolina," said Denise Neunaber, executive director of the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness. Neunaber said her group and allies around the nation have been lobbying for years …