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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/515</link>

			<title>NAEH Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness on 9-Feb-12 9:00 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/515&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;NAEH Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120209T140000Z&quot;&gt;9-Feb-12 9:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120210T210000Z&quot;&gt;10-Feb-12 4:00 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA 90071&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	The National Alliance to End Homelessness will hold its 2012 Conference on Ending Family Homelessness February 9-10 in Los Angeles.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	For more information and to register, please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.endhomelessness.org/events/19#/events/19&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;conference webpage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;Millennium Biltmore Hotel
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;adr&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;street-address&quot;&gt;506 South Grand Ave.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;locality&quot;&gt;Los Angeles&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&quot;region&quot;&gt;CA&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;postal-code&quot;&gt;90071&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/536</link>

			<title>SEAHEC Training: Traumatic Brain Injury on 10-Feb-12 9:00 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/536&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;SEAHEC Training: Traumatic Brain Injury&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120210T140000Z&quot;&gt;10-Feb-12 9:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120210T211500Z&quot;&gt;10-Feb-12 4:15 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
Southeast AHEC, Wilmington, NC &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	Each year an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). These people account for over 1 million emergency department visits annually. This program focuses on 4 aspects of TBI treatment: psychiatric, pain, pharmacology, and community resources.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Featuring Robin Hurley, MD, FANPA&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Target Audience: Psychologist, Nurses, OT, PT, Speech Pathologist, Counselors, Social Workers, Substance Abuse other Health Care Professionals who work with adults with Traumatic Brain Issues.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Upon completion of this program participants should be able to:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Describe how a brain injury can affect mood;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Discuss pain management strategies for TBI patients;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Name some medications usually prescribed and why;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Examine how to orient a patient with TBI into the community;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		List issues family members of a patient with TBI face&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aheconnect.com/registration/coastal/eventdetail.asp?EventID=35642&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to register for the training.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;Southeast AHEC
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;adr&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;street-address&quot;&gt;2511 Delaney Ave.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;locality&quot;&gt;Wilmington&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&quot;region&quot;&gt;NC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/537</link>

			<title>SEAHEC Training: Traumatic Brain Injury on 10-Feb-12 9:00 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/537&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;SEAHEC Training: Traumatic Brain Injury&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120210T140000Z&quot;&gt;10-Feb-12 9:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120210T211500Z&quot;&gt;10-Feb-12 4:15 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
Southeast AHEC, Wilmington, NC &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	Each year an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). These people account for over 1 million emergency department visits annually. This program focuses on 4 aspects of TBI treatment: psychiatric, pain, pharmacology, and community resources.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Featuring Robin Hurley, MD, FANPA&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Target Audience: Psychologist, Nurses, OT, PT, Speech Pathologist, Counselors, Social Workers, Substance Abuse other Health Care Professionals who work with adults with Traumatic Brain Issues.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Upon completion of this program participants should be able to:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Describe how a brain injury can affect mood;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Discuss pain management strategies for TBI patients;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Name some medications usually prescribed and why;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		Examine how to orient a patient with TBI into the community;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;
		List issues family members of a patient with TBI face&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aheconnect.com/registration/coastal/eventdetail.asp?EventID=35642&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to register for the training.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;Southeast AHEC
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;adr&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;street-address&quot;&gt;2511 Delaney Ave.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;locality&quot;&gt;Wilmington&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&quot;region&quot;&gt;NC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/541</link>

			<title>Balance of State Transitional Housing Committee Meeting on 14-Feb-12 10:30 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/541&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;Balance of State Transitional Housing Committee Meeting&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120214T153000Z&quot;&gt;14-Feb-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120214T163000Z&quot;&gt;14-Feb-12 11:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
via conference call&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	This call is for providers of transitional housing in the Balance of State CoC.&amp;nbsp; The Transitional Housing Committee meets quarterly on the second Tuesday of the month.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Dial-in instructions will be emailed to all registrants before the call.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/547</link>

			<title>SOAR Caseworker Dialogue Group on 16-Feb-12 10:00 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/547&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;SOAR Caseworker Dialogue Group&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120216T150000Z&quot;&gt;16-Feb-12 10:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120216T160000Z&quot;&gt;16-Feb-12 11:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		This is a regular meeting of the NCCEH SOAR Caseworkers Dialogue Group.&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		It is a caseworker roundtable to problem-solve and connect with others around the state who are working on SOAR cases.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		Details on how to call in will be emailed to registered participants by the day of the call.&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		Dialogue Groups are free for all NCCEH members.&amp;nbsp; If you are not a member and are interested in joining, you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncceh.org/member/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;sign up here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/546</link>

			<title>NC Ctr. for Nonprofits: Conversation with Members and Colleagues on 16-Feb-12 3:00 PM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/546&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;NC Ctr. for Nonprofits: Conversation with Members and Colleagues&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120216T200000Z&quot;&gt;16-Feb-12 3:00 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120216T213000Z&quot;&gt;16-Feb-12 4:30 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
Foothills Higher Education Center at Western Piedmont Community College, Rm. 212, Morganton, NC 28655&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	Join us for a &amp;quot;Conversation with Members and Colleagues,&amp;quot; a free discussion forum just for nonprofit board, staff, and volunteers in your area.&amp;nbsp; We&#39;ll be discussing the changing roles of boards of directors in this economy.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Share your perspective and learn from others regarding an important topic we all face: The changing roles of boards of directors in this economy. Learn from the expertise and experiences of others and share your own. We&#39;ll discuss how boards are changing to meet the challenges of fewer staff, shrinking resources, and an increased demand for services. Also, the opportunities that lie ahead and what kind of planning, restructuring and recruiting your board can do now to weather the storm and emerge stronger than ever.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;strong&gt;To register, please email Dee High (&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:dhigh@ncnonprofits.org&quot;&gt;dhigh@ncnonprofits.org&lt;/a&gt;) by Feb. 10.&lt;/strong&gt; Include your name, title, and organization.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;Foothills Higher Education Center at Western Piedmont Community College, Rm. 212
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;adr&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;street-address&quot;&gt;2128 S. Sterling St.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;locality&quot;&gt;Morganton&lt;/span&gt;,
&lt;span class=&quot;region&quot;&gt;NC&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;postal-code&quot;&gt;28655&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/542</link>

			<title>Balance of State Permanent Housing Committee Meeting on 21-Feb-12 10:30 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/542&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;Balance of State Permanent Housing Committee Meeting&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120221T153000Z&quot;&gt;21-Feb-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120221T163000Z&quot;&gt;21-Feb-12 11:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
via conference call&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;span class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;This call is for providers of permanent housing in the Balance of State CoC.&amp;nbsp; The Permanent Housing Committee meets quarterly on the third Tuesday of the month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;span class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;span class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;Dial-in instructions will be emailed to all registrants before the call.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<category>Events</category>

			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/543</link>

			<title>Balance of State Families Committee Meeting on 28-Feb-12 10:30 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/543&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;Balance of State Families Committee Meeting&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120228T153000Z&quot;&gt;28-Feb-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120228T163000Z&quot;&gt;28-Feb-12 11:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
via conference call&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;span class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;This call is for homeless service providers that serve families in the Balance of State CoC.&amp;nbsp; The Families Committee meets quarterly on the fourth Tuesday of the month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;span class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;span class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;Dial-in instructions will be emailed to all registrants before the call.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/538</link>

			<title>Hickory SOAR Caseworker Training on 29-Feb-12 9:00 AM</title>

			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/538&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;summary&quot;&gt;Hickory SOAR Caseworker Training&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtstart&quot;&gt;Start Date:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120229T140000Z&quot;&gt;29-Feb-12 9:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdtend&quot;&gt;End Time:&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120301T220000Z&quot;&gt;1-Mar-12 5:00 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tlocation&quot;&gt;Location:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;location&quot;&gt;
Location Information Will be Provided After Approval and Registration, Hickory, NC &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;tdescription&quot;&gt;Event Details:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;eventview-notes&quot;&gt;
	&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 10px;&quot;&gt;
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			&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 51, 102);&quot;&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;div&gt;
			&lt;div&gt;
				&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
			In order to be accepted to participate in this training, you must first complete the training application form: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ncceh.org/forms/34/SOAR_Application_for_Hickory_Training/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fill out Application Form Online&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../../../../SOARApp100108/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;SOAR Application Oct 1 &amp;amp; 2&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
			&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../../../../SOARApp102108/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;SOAR Greenville Application&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
			&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please note, completing an application does not guarantee you a spot in the training. Your application will be reviewed and SOAR staff will contact you within 2 days of submission.&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;
			Workshop Highlights:&lt;/h2&gt;
		&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 10px;&quot;&gt;
			&lt;ul&gt;
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					An in-depth, step-by-step explanation of the SSI/SSDI application and disability determination process&lt;/li&gt;
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					Strategies for working with homeless persons with serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders &amp;ndash; only a fraction of this population receives the benefits to which they are entitled&lt;/li&gt;
				&lt;li&gt;
					Exercises and worksheets provide practical application tools&lt;/li&gt;
				&lt;li&gt;
					Samples and explanations of SSA and DDS paperwork and necessary reports&lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;/ul&gt;
		&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;div&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;../../../../ncsoar/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;NC SOAR&quot;&gt;Learn More About SOAR &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;div&gt;
			&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;div&gt;
			&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
		&lt;div&gt;
			Questions?&amp;nbsp; Contact Emily Carmody at (919) 755-4393 or &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:emily@ncceh.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;emily@ncceh.org&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;Location Information Will be Provided After Approval and Registration
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/284/</link>
			<title>Balance of State CoC Steering Committee Meeting on 7-Feb-12 10:30 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/284/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120207T153000Z&quot;&gt;7-Feb-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120208T043000Z&quot;&gt;7-Feb-12 11:30 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Events</category>
			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/313/</link>
			<title>Rural Communities Dialogue Group on 23-Feb-12 2:00 PM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/313/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120223T190000Z&quot;&gt;23-Feb-12 2:00 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120223T200000Z&quot;&gt;23-Feb-12 3:00 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/208/</link>
			<title>Emergency Shelter Dialogue Group on 28-Feb-12 10:00 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/208/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120228T150000Z&quot;&gt;28-Feb-12 10:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120228T160000Z&quot;&gt;28-Feb-12 11:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;Via Conference Call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/285/</link>
			<title>Balance of State CoC Steering Committee Meeting on 6-Mar-12 10:30 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/285/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120306T153000Z&quot;&gt;6-Mar-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120307T043000Z&quot;&gt;6-Mar-12 11:30 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/285/</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/194/</link>
			<title>SOAR Caseworker Dialogue Group on 15-Mar-12 10:00 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/194/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120315T140000Z&quot;&gt;15-Mar-12 10:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120315T150000Z&quot;&gt;15-Mar-12 11:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/194/</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/286/</link>
			<title>Balance of State CoC Steering Committee Meeting on 3-Apr-12 10:30 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/286/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120403T143000Z&quot;&gt;3-Apr-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120404T033000Z&quot;&gt;3-Apr-12 11:30 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/286/</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/195/</link>
			<title>SOAR Caseworker Dialogue Group on 19-Apr-12 10:00 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/195/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120419T140000Z&quot;&gt;19-Apr-12 10:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120419T150000Z&quot;&gt;19-Apr-12 11:00 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/195/</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/314/</link>
			<title>Rural Communities Dialogue Group on 26-Apr-12 2:00 PM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/314/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120426T180000Z&quot;&gt;26-Apr-12 2:00 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120426T190000Z&quot;&gt;26-Apr-12 3:00 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/314/</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/287/</link>
			<title>Balance of State CoC Steering Committee Meeting on 1-May-12 10:30 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/287/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120501T143000Z&quot;&gt;1-May-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120502T033000Z&quot;&gt;1-May-12 11:30 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/324/</link>
			<title>Balance of State Transitional Housing Committee Meeting on 8-May-12 10:30 AM</title>
			<description>&lt;div class=&quot;vevent&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;url&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/en/cev/r/dt/324/&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Start Date: &lt;abbr class=&quot;dtstart&quot; title=&quot;20120508T143000Z&quot;&gt;8-May-12 10:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
End Time: 
&lt;abbr class=&quot;dtend&quot; title=&quot;20120508T153000Z&quot;&gt;8-May-12 11:30 AM&lt;/abbr&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;
&lt;a class=&quot;fn&quot;&gt;via conference call
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Articles</category>
			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/art/552/</link>
			<title>TAC Summary of New Homeless Definition</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed the Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 into law. The HEARTH Act expands and clarifies the definition of homelessness for the Emergency Solutions Grant and Continuum of Care programs (Supportive Housing Program and Shelter Plus Care) programs.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	On December 5, 2011, HUD published the Final Rule on the HEARTH Definition of Homeless in the Federal Register. The Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) has developed a summary of the new homeless definition, including a discussion of when the new definition can be used by existing programs.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/552/Homeless Definition_TAC Summary.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click here &lt;/a&gt;to download the summary or read it on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tacinc.org/Program_Policy/HEARTH.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;TAC&#39;s website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;30-Jan-12 8:00 AM
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			<itunes:subtitle>TAC Summary of New Homeless Definition</itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary>
	On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed the Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 into law. The HEARTH Act expands and clarifies the definition of homelessness for the Emergency Solutions Grant and Continuum of Care programs (Supportive Housing Program and Shelter Plus Care) programs.
 
	 
 
	On December 5, 2011, HUD published the Final Rule on the HEARTH Definition of Homeless in the Federal Register. The Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) has developed a summary of the new homeless definition, including a discussion of when the new definition can be used by existing programs.
 
	 
 
	Click here to download the summary or read it on TAC&#39;s website.
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/art/547/</link>
			<title>The State of Homelessness in America 2012</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	On Wednesday, January 18, the National Alliance to End Homelessness released The State of Homelessness in America 2012. The second in a series, this year&#39;s report finds that, unexpectedly, the bad economy did not lead to a large increase in homelessness, but that the number of homeless people actually decreased slightly between 2009 and 2011. This can be largely attributed to the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), the stimulus-funded program aimed at curbing homelessness resulting from the recession. Moreover, the report found that indicators associated with homelessness, including severe housing cost burden and doubled-up households, increased. These findings, coupled with the impending expiration of HPRP, could mean increases in homelessness in the next years.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Download the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/547/file_Executive_Summary_Final.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Executive Summary&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/547/file_FINAL_The_State_of_Homelessness_in_America_2012.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Full Report&lt;/a&gt; here, or read them on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/4361&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NAEH websit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/4361&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;e&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;27-Jan-12 8:00 AM
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			<itunes:subtitle>The State of Homelessness in America 2012</itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary>
	On Wednesday, January 18, the National Alliance to End Homelessness released The State of Homelessness in America 2012. The second in a series, this year&#39;s report finds that, unexpectedly, the bad economy did not lead to a large increase in homelessness, but that the number of homeless people actually decreased slightly between 2009 and 2011. This can be largely attributed to the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), the stimulus-funded program aimed at curbing homelessness resulting from the recession. Moreover, the report found that indicators associated with homelessness, including severe housing cost burden and doubled-up households, increased. These findings, coupled with the impending expiration of HPRP, could mean increases in homelessness in the next years.
 
	 
 
	Download the Executive Summary and the Full Report here, or read them on the NAEH website.
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/art/550/</link>
			<title>Summary of Changes to Definition of Homelessness</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	The National Alliance to End Homelessness published a summary and analysis of the changes to the definition of homelessness under the HEARTH Act. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the final regulation on December 5, which went into effect on January 4.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	The brief highlights the changes to the definition compared to both the previous regulation and the draft changes proposed by HUD in April 2010. The brief includes a table summarizing the changes to various categories of homelessness. It also outlines the decisions that communities and individual programs will have to make as a result of these changes.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/550/file_Summary_and_Analysis_of_Final_Definition_Rule.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to download the summary or read it on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/3006&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NAEH website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;27-Jan-12 8:00 AM
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			<itunes:subtitle>Summary of Changes to Definition of Homelessness</itunes:subtitle>
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	The National Alliance to End Homelessness published a summary and analysis of the changes to the definition of homelessness under the HEARTH Act. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the final regulation on December 5, which went into effect on January 4.
 
	 
 
	The brief highlights the changes to the definition compared to both the previous regulation and the draft changes proposed by HUD in April 2010. The brief includes a table summarizing the changes to various categories of homelessness. It also outlines the decisions that communities and individual programs will have to make as a result of these changes.
 
	 
 
	Click here to download the summary or read it on the NAEH website.
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			<title>US Conference of Mayors Hunger and Homelessness Survey 2011</title>
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	On December 15, The United States Conference of Mayors released their annual report on hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities. In 25 of the 29 cities surveyed for the report, requests for emergency food and housing have increased - with the majority of those requests coming from families. 58 percent of surveyed cities said they experienced an increase in the number of homeless families - up by an average of 15 percent from the previous year. The report also examines programs that cities are implementing to address homelessness and hunger.&amp;nbsp; Three of the cities surveyed are in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, and Gastonia.&lt;/div&gt;
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	The report is available on the US Conference of Mayors &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/2011-hhreport.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
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	On December 15, The United States Conference of Mayors released their annual report on hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities. In 25 of the 29 cities surveyed for the report, requests for emergency food and housing have increased - with the majority of those requests coming from families. 58 percent of surveyed cities said they experienced an increase in the number of homeless families - up by an average of 15 percent from the previous year. The report also examines programs that cities are implementing to address homelessness and hunger.  Three of the cities surveyed are in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, and Gastonia.
 
	 
 
	The report is available on the US Conference of Mayors website.
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			<title>2011 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness: Supplement to the AHAR</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	On December 13, 2011, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the results of the January 2011 point-in-time count. According to their report, 636,017 people were homeless in the United States on a single night in January. This represents a 2.1 percent decline from the year before. HUD and the Department of Veterans Affairs also announced a 12 percent decline in the number of veterans experiencing homelessness. The number of veterans experiencing homelessness decreased from 76,329 homeless veterans to 67,495 homeless veterans between January 2010 and January 2011.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/541/PIT-HIC_SupplementalAHARReport.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to download the report or read in on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewResource&amp;amp;ResourceID=4568&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HUD HRE website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
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			<itunes:subtitle>2011 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness: Supplement to the AHAR</itunes:subtitle>
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	On December 13, 2011, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the results of the January 2011 point-in-time count. According to their report, 636,017 people were homeless in the United States on a single night in January. This represents a 2.1 percent decline from the year before. HUD and the Department of Veterans Affairs also announced a 12 percent decline in the number of veterans experiencing homelessness. The number of veterans experiencing homelessness decreased from 76,329 homeless veterans to 67,495 homeless veterans between January 2010 and January 2011.
 
	 
 
	Click here to download the report or read in on the HUD HRE website.
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			<title>NAEH Brief: Prevention Targeting 101</title>
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	Since the implementation of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) began in 2009, communities have been working to find the best possible way to use prevention funds. Figuring out how to target this limited resource is an important part of this and other homeless assistance grants. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has released a new brief entitled &amp;quot;Prevention Targeting 101&amp;quot; that sheds light on how communities can use local data to reach and preserve the housing situations of the households most at risk of homelessness. Techniques for evaluating success in prevention targeting efforts are also discussed.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/543/file_Prevention_Targeting_FINAL.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to download the brief or read it on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/4335&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NAEH website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
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			<itunes:subtitle>NAEH Brief: Prevention Targeting 101</itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary>
	Since the implementation of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) began in 2009, communities have been working to find the best possible way to use prevention funds. Figuring out how to target this limited resource is an important part of this and other homeless assistance grants. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has released a new brief entitled &quot;Prevention Targeting 101&quot; that sheds light on how communities can use local data to reach and preserve the housing situations of the households most at risk of homelessness. Techniques for evaluating success in prevention targeting efforts are also discussed.
 
	 
 
	Click here to download the brief or read it on the NAEH website.
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/art/539/</link>
			<title>Health Care for the Homeless Research Update: October 2011</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	In its quarterly HCH Research Update, the Health Care for the Homeless Council summarizes recent publications on health care and homelessness. October&#39;s issue, compiled from several research databases, includes articles from approximately July to September 2011. Summaries are categorized into themes that vary by quarter.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Download the update &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/539/HCH-Research-Update-2011-Oct.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or read it on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhchc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HCH-Research-Update-2011-Oct.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HCH website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;7-Dec-11 9:00 AM
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			<itunes:subtitle>Health Care for the Homeless Research Update: October 2011</itunes:subtitle>
			<itunes:summary>
	In its quarterly HCH Research Update, the Health Care for the Homeless Council summarizes recent publications on health care and homelessness. October&#39;s issue, compiled from several research databases, includes articles from approximately July to September 2011. Summaries are categorized into themes that vary by quarter.
 
	 
 
	Download the update here or read it on the HCH website.
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			<title>ICPH Brief: A Tangled Web - Homeless Families and Their Overlapping Needs</title>
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	Homeless families often have intense service needs resulting from mental illness, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and veteran status. Unfortunately, most reports depict families as a homogenous group or lump them with homeless singles, which has resulted in a very limited picture of families. This report from the Institute for Children, Poverty &amp;amp; Homelessness sheds light on the diversity and interconnectedness of homeless family subpopulations and stresses the importance of comprehensive data collection.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/537/ICPH_Homeless_Families_Overlapping_Needs-11.11.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to download the report or read it on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icphusa.org/PDF/reports/ICPH_brief_ATangledWeb_HomelessFamilySubpopulationsandTheirOverlappingNeeds.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ICPH website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
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			<itunes:subtitle>ICPH Brief: A Tangled Web - Homeless Families and Their Overlapping Needs</itunes:subtitle>
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	Homeless families often have intense service needs resulting from mental illness, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and veteran status. Unfortunately, most reports depict families as a homogenous group or lump them with homeless singles, which has resulted in a very limited picture of families. This report from the Institute for Children, Poverty &amp; Homelessness sheds light on the diversity and interconnectedness of homeless family subpopulations and stresses the importance of comprehensive data collection.
 
	 
 
	Click here to download the report or read it on the ICPH website.
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			<title>Teams try bringing homeless in from cold</title>
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	BY JAY PRICE - jprice@newsobserver.com&lt;/div&gt;
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	DURHAM -- Late in a long day of hunting half-lost men and women in alley corners, under bridges and in odd wedges of forest at highway interchanges, the team in the minivan rolled up on nine men stealthily sipping beer and socializing behind a church.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;I hope I can get a house!&amp;quot; one of the homeless men yelled, after recognizing the team. He was joking, but in a sense, getting him into that house was exactly what the trio in the van was there to do.&lt;/div&gt;
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	They were members of an outreach team fielded by a group named Housing for New Hope, a roving tie to society for some of the Triangle&#39;s most hard-core street people.&lt;/div&gt;
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	The teams roam Durham and Orange counties almost daily, performing a kind of free-range casework, checking in with homeless people they know and chatting up newcomers. They build trust and relationships, helping with basic health assessments, advice, referrals and transportation.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	All the while, they&#39;re watching and listening for any opening, any hint that someone might finally be ready to sleep indoors. The agency has its own housing and works with other agencies and independent landlords.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline recently gave $40,000 to Housing for New Hope, one of several grants the company awarded to small nonprofit groups around the state that are effective in providing health care to under-served populations.&lt;/div&gt;
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	More than 1,400 people were homeless in the Triangle as of the last annual count in January. Some take advantage of traditional or transitional housing and visit soup kitchens and support agencies such as clinics.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Others, though, dip only occasionally into the patchwork of support, and they do their eating, drinking and sleeping outdoors. The most effective way to reach them is as obvious as it is unconventional: Go where they are.&lt;/div&gt;
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	It was still dark on a recent morning when a three-person Housing for New Hope team parked near a used car lot and began following a footpath into a stand of trees. Michael Kelly took the lead, followed by Marigny Manson, a registered nurse, and Patricia King, who, like Kelly, is called a peer-support specialist.&lt;/div&gt;
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	As the path entered the trees, Kelly stopped to examine a six-pack of beer bottles on the ground. They were thick with ants.&lt;/div&gt;
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	He shook his head. The trail was cold.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Life in hidden places&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Kelly knows beer bottles. He knows woods and knows the people who drink beer in the woods. He was one of them for years, until outreach workers with the agency got him off the street and helped him become one of them. Now he lives in his own Habitat for Humanity house.&lt;/div&gt;
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	On this day, Kelly was the driver - and security expert and all-around field guide to the world of homelessness. Manson brought the critical health care expertise, and King stood ready to add anyone who was willing to the agency&#39;s database and lend a knowledgeable ear for the endless problems that homeless people face.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Their quarry was surprisingly common. It seemed like every vacant wooded lot near a convenience store, or close to a good spot to panhandle - such as Durham&#39;s Ninth Street or Franklin Street in Chapel Hill - has tents, tarpaulins or rolled up sleeping bags tucked away discreetly.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;We find people, meet people and build some form of relationship,&amp;quot; Kelly said. &amp;quot;Anybody can get out and preach from a corner and tell you what you ought to be doing. We don&#39;t do that. We just let them know help is available and when you&#39;re ready we can help link you with it. We have empathy that&#39;s real, and people can relate to us.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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	A few stops later, the team parked near another camp, in a wedge of woods between two highways.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;It never ceases to amaze me where you find these places, and with all the ones we know about, there are sure to be a bunch more that we don&#39;t know about,&amp;quot; Kelly said.&lt;/div&gt;
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	A good conversational gambit, he said, is to look for something a little different or clever about the camp and compliment the residents on it. A bathroom cabinet nailed to a tree, for example, or a rubber bag hanging from a limb for a shower.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;&#39;It&#39;s not that cold&#39;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	The man they were looking for wasn&#39;t home, so they checked the entrance to a nearby shopping center where he usually &amp;quot;flies&amp;quot; his sign.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;Homeless help needed&amp;quot; the sign said. The man, whom the team did not want identified, was sitting on a thin cushion on a curb, a bag with a sandwich in it and an aluminum cane on the ground beside him. He had tied his graying hair in a ponytail, and he was wearing a nice pair of work boots and a clean, waterproof hiking jacket. Manson had taken him on a tour of group homes a couple of weeks earlier and wanted to hear whether he had made up his mind about moving into one.&lt;/div&gt;
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	He showed no sign of emotion at their presence and didn&#39;t look at them.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;You know it&#39;s going to get cold out here, man,&amp;quot; said Kelly.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;I know,&amp;quot; came the reply.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;I just don&#39;t understand why you&#39;re not interested in a group home,&amp;quot; Manson said.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;It&#39;s not that cold,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;Not yet,&amp;quot; said Manson, &amp;quot;But you know you&#39;ve got that option, OK?&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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	The man decided they deserved a full explanation.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;Look, I don&#39;t need to be around a whole bunch of people, and when I want to drink a beer, I want to drink a beer without anybody messing with me,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;Well, at a group home, you can go outside and drink a beer,&amp;quot; Manson said.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;Well, I get angry and I might get arrested and that will cost me some money.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Manson, changing the subject, asked what he wanted for Christmas. A group of local churches is trying to fill lists for homeless people. He replied that some insulated coveralls would be good.&lt;/div&gt;
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	They headed for the church near Ninth Street, a gathering place for some of Durham&#39;s most entrenched homeless people.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Behind the church, Kelly eased out from behind the wheel and greeted old friends who go by the names of Concrete and Slim.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;The team&#39;s strategy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	It&#39;s tempting to think Kelly is too chatty, but his easy manner with people who may be drunk, mentally ill, or both, and an intuition about how to approach them, are unusual gifts that the other members of the team both need and appreciate.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;Having that social relationship is really important for those not ready to engage with us yet, because it&#39;s just like, OK, we&#39;re just chatting about the old days, and who&#39;s doing what, and how they are,&amp;quot; Manson said.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Chattiness also helps as another kind of tool. If they walk up to a group and two are garrulous drunks and a third is quiet and seems to need some help, Kelly can amp up his chattiness while one of the others eases the quiet person aside for a talk. Which is exactly what King did behind the church, walking a newcomer to the streets around to the other side of the minivan and enrolling him in the agency&#39;s database.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Many of those standing around in the group just don&#39;t like being hemmed in by walls and roofs and rules, said Slim, whose real name is Davlin Carver.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;And a lot of people here have burned bridges with their families,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Some of &#39;em have that sickness, that phobia thing about being cooped up.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;Me, I stay out here because I choose to,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Everything is a choice.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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	And what does it take to get someone to make a choice to come in off the street?&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;It takes something harsh to get every man or woman to that point where Michael got to,&amp;quot; Slim said, grinning atKelly.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Waiting to hit bottom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	The familiarity is a two-way street. The outreach workers know the street people, and the street people know them. In Kelly&#39;s case, that&#39;s easy, because he has been a member of both groups. And he might still be in a tent, drinking and panhandling, if he hadn&#39;t reached that point where he was vulnerable.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Six years ago, Kelly was living in some woods near Ninth Street with Concrete and another man, near where Slim now camps. The outreach workers with Housing for New Hope had been chatting him up for a year and a half, and when he hit bottom - two health care crises, including one in which a doctor told him he had briefly been dead - they were there.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	When the agency helped him ease back into society, he got a normal life, and the agency got something extraordinary, too: a man who is not only wise about homeless life, but has a deep knowledge of it. His skills are unique, something no training program could replicate.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Slim understands what coming off the street has done for Kelly, but he&#39;d rather have the woods, the freedom and that paper cup of beer in his hand.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;I just ain&#39;t at that point,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Till a person hits the bottom, they&#39;ll continue to do what they&#39;re doing. I haven&#39;t hit that bottom.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Kelly shot the breeze awhile longer with his old buddies, then, with the rest of the team, climbed back in the minivan.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Slim, he said, got cleaned up a couple of times with the help of a religious ministry, but slid right back into street life and sleeping out in the woods. One day, though, Slim may give them an opening, and Kelly said they&#39;ll be ready.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;quot;It&#39;s our goal in life, I suppose, to find out what makes people to continue to choose that,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Then, somehow, we have to figure out how to change their mind.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
	&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;em&gt;Read the original article on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/17/1649994/come-in-from-the-cold-team-says.html?tab=gallery&amp;amp;gallery=%2F2011%2F11%2F16%2F1649612%2Foutreach-to-the-homeless-111611.html&amp;amp;gid_index=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;News &amp;amp; Observer website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;17-Nov-11 11:00 AM
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			<itunes:subtitle>Teams try bringing homeless in from cold</itunes:subtitle>
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	BY JAY PRICE - jprice@newsobserver.com
 
	 
 
	DURHAM -- Late in a long day of hunting half-lost men and women in alley corners, under bridges and in odd wedges of forest at highway interchanges, the team in the minivan rolled up on nine men stealthily sipping beer and socializing behind a church.
 
	 
 
	&quot;I hope I can get a house!&quot; one of the homeless men yelled, after recognizing the team. He was joking, but in a sense, getting him into that house was exactly what the trio in the van was there to do.
 
	 
 
	They were members of an outreach team fielded by a group named Housing for New Hope, a roving tie to society for some of the Triangle&#39;s most hard-core street people.
 
	 
 
	The teams roam Durham and Orange counties almost daily, performing a kind of free-range casework, checking in with homeless people they know and chatting up newcomers. They build trust and relationships, helping with basic health assessments, advice, referrals and transportation.
 
	 
 
	All the while, they&#39;re watching and listening for any opening, any hint that someone might finally be ready to sleep indoors. The agency has its own housing and works with other agencies and independent landlords.
 
	 
 
	Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline recently gave $40,000 to Housing for New Hope, one of several grants the company awarded to small nonprofit groups around the state that are effective in providing health care to under-served populations.
 
	 
 
	More than 1,400 people were homeless in the Triangle as of the last annual count in January. Some take advantage of traditional or transitional housing and visit soup kitchens and support agencies such as clinics.
 
	 
 
	Others, though, dip only occasionally into the patchwork of support, and they do their eating, drinking and sleeping outdoors. The most effective way to reach them is as obvious as it is unconventional: Go where they are.
 
	 
 
	It was still dark on a recent morning when a three-person Housing for New Hope team parked near a used car lot and began following a footpath into a stand of trees. Michael Kelly took the lead, followed by Marigny Manson, a registered nurse, and Patricia King, who, like Kelly, is called a peer-support specialist.
 
	 
 
	As the path entered the trees, Kelly stopped to examine a six-pack of beer bottles on the ground. They were thick with ants.
 
	 
 
	He shook his head. The trail was cold.
 
	 
 
	Life in hidden places
 
	 
 
	Kelly knows beer bottles. He knows woods and knows the people who drink beer in the woods. He was one of them for years, until outreach workers with the agency got him off the street and helped him become one of them. Now he lives in his own Habitat for Humanity house.
 
	 
 
	On this day, Kelly was the driver - and security expert and all-around field guide to the world of homelessness. Manson brought the critical health care expertise, and King stood ready to add anyone who was willing to the agency&#39;s database and lend a knowledgeable ear for the endless problems that homeless people face.
 
	 
 
	Their quarry was surprisingly common. It seemed like every vacant wooded lot near a convenience store, or close to a good spot to panhandle - such as Durham&#39;s Ninth Street or Franklin Street in Chapel Hill - has tents, tarpaulins or rolled up sleeping bags tucked away discreetly.
 
	 
 
	&quot;We find people, meet people and build some form of relationship,&quot; Kelly said. &quot;Anybody can get out and preach from a corner and tell you what you ought to be doing. We don&#39;t do that. We just let them know help is available and when you&#39;re ready we can help link you with it. We have empathy that&#39;s real, and people can relate to us.&quot;
 
	 
 
	A few stops later, the team parked near another camp, in a wedge of woods between two highways.
 
	 
 
	&quot;It never ceases to amaze me where you find these places, and with all the ones we know about, there are sure to be a bunch more that we don&#39;t know about,&quot; Kelly said.
 
	 
 
	A good conversational gambit, he said, is to look for something a little different or clever about the camp and compliment the residents on it. A bathroom cabinet nailed to a tree, for example, or a rubber bag hanging from a limb for a shower.
 
	 
 
	&#39;It&#39;s not that cold&#39;
 
	 
 
	The man they were looking for wasn&#39;t home, so they checked the entrance to a nearby shopping center where he usually &quot;flies&quot; his sign.
 
	 
 
	&quot;Homeless help needed&quot; the sign said. The man, whom the team did not want identified, was sitting on a thin cushion on a curb, a bag with a sandwich in it and an aluminum cane on the ground beside him. He had tied his graying hair in a ponytail, and he was wearing a nice pair of work boots and a clean, waterproof hiking jacket. Manson had taken him on a tour of group homes a couple of weeks earlier and wanted to hear whether he had made up his mind about moving into one.
 
	 
 
	He showed no sign of emotion at their presence and didn&#39;t look at them.
 
	 
 
	&quot;You know it&#39;s going to get cold out here, man,&quot; said Kelly.
 
	 
 
	&quot;I know,&quot; came the reply.
 
	 
 
	&quot;I just don&#39;t understand why you&#39;re not interested in a group home,&quot; Manson said.
 
	 
 
	&quot;It&#39;s not that cold,&quot; he said.
 
	 
 
	&quot;Not yet,&quot; said Manson, &quot;But you know you&#39;ve got that option, OK?&quot;
 
	 
 
	The man decided they deserved a full explanation.
 
	 
 
	&quot;Look, I don&#39;t need to be around a whole bunch of people, and when I want to drink a beer, I want to drink a beer without anybody messing with me,&quot; he said.
 
	 
 
	&quot;Well, at a group home, you can go outside and drink a beer,&quot; Manson said.
 
	 
 
	&quot;Well, I get angry and I might get arrested and that will cost me some money.&quot;
 
	 
 
	Manson, changing the subject, asked what he wanted for Christmas. A group of local churches is trying to fill lists for homeless people. He replied that some insulated coveralls would be good.
 
	 
 
	They headed for the church near Ninth Street, a gathering place for some of Durham&#39;s most entrenched homeless people.
 
	Behind the church, Kelly eased out from behind the wheel and greeted old friends who go by the names of Concrete and Slim.
 
	 
 
	The team&#39;s strategy
 
	 
 
	It&#39;s tempting to think Kelly is too chatty, but his easy manner with people who may be drunk, mentally ill, or both, and an intuition about how to approach them, are unusual gifts that the other members of the team both need and appreciate.
 
	 
 
	&quot;Having that social relationship is really important for those not ready to engage with us yet, because it&#39;s just like, OK, we&#39;re just chatting about the old days, and who&#39;s doing what, and how they are,&quot; Manson said.
 
	 
 
	Chattiness also helps as another kind of tool. If they walk up to a group and two are garrulous drunks and a third is quiet and seems to need some help, Kelly can amp up his chattiness while one of the others eases the quiet person aside for a talk. Which is exactly what King did behind the church, walking a newcomer to the streets around to the other side of the minivan and enrolling him in the agency&#39;s database.
 
	 
 
	Many of those standing around in the group just don&#39;t like being hemmed in by walls and roofs and rules, said Slim, whose real name is Davlin Carver.
 
	 
 
	&quot;And a lot of people here have burned bridges with their families,&quot; he said. &quot;Some of &#39;em have that sickness, that phobia thing about being cooped up.
 
	 
 
	&quot;Me, I stay out here because I choose to,&quot; he said. &quot;Everything is a choice.&quot;
 
	 
 
	And what does it take to get someone to make a choice to come in off the street?
 
	 
 
	&quot;It takes something harsh to get every man or woman to that point where Michael got to,&quot; Slim said, grinning atKelly.
 
	 
 
	Waiting to hit bottom
 
	 
 
	The familiarity is a two-way street. The outreach workers know the street people, and the street people know them. In Kelly&#39;s case, that&#39;s easy, because he has been a member of both groups. And he might still be in a tent, drinking and panhandling, if he hadn&#39;t reached that point where he was vulnerable.
 
	 
 
	Six years ago, Kelly was living in some woods near Ninth Street with Concrete and another man, near where Slim now camps. The outreach workers with Housing for New Hope had been chatting him up for a year and a half, and when he hit bottom - two health care crises, including one in which a doctor told him he had briefly been dead - they were there.
 
	 
 
	When the agency helped him ease back into society, he got a normal life, and the agency got something extraordinary, too: a man who is not only wise about homeless life, but has a deep knowledge of it. His skills are unique, something no training program could replicate.
 
	 
 
	Slim understands what coming off the street has done for Kelly, but he&#39;d rather have the woods, the freedom and that paper cup of beer in his hand.
 
	 
 
	&quot;I just ain&#39;t at that point,&quot; he said. &quot;Till a person hits the bottom, they&#39;ll continue to do what they&#39;re doing. I haven&#39;t hit that bottom.&quot;
 
	Kelly shot the breeze awhile longer with his old buddies, then, with the rest of the team, climbed back in the minivan.
 
	 
 
	Slim, he said, got cleaned up a couple of times with the help of a religious ministry, but slid right back into street life and sleeping out in the woods. One day, though, Slim may give them an opening, and Kelly said they&#39;ll be ready.
 
	 
 
	&quot;It&#39;s our goal in life, I suppose, to find out what makes people to continue to choose that,&quot; he said. &quot;Then, somehow, we have to figure out how to change their mind.&quot;
 
	 
	
 
	Read the original article on the News &amp; Observer website. 
	 
	
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			<title>ESG Program Interim Regulations</title>
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	On November 15, 2011, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new interim regulations for the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program.&amp;nbsp; This interim rule revises the regulations for the Emergency Shelter Grants program by establishing the regulations for the Emergency Solutions Grants program, which replaces the Emergency Shelter Grants program. The change in the program&amp;rsquo;s name, from Emergency Shelter Grants to Emergency Solutions Grants, reflects the change in the program&amp;rsquo;s focus from addressing the needs of homeless people in emergency or transitional shelters to assisting people to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.&lt;/div&gt;
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	Download the regulations &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/attachments/articles/529/HEARTH_ESGInterimRule-11.15.11.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or read them on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewResource&amp;amp;ResourceId=4517&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HUD HRE website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;15-Nov-11 12:00 PM
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			<itunes:subtitle>ESG Program Interim Regulations</itunes:subtitle>
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	On November 15, 2011, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new interim regulations for the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program.  This interim rule revises the regulations for the Emergency Shelter Grants program by establishing the regulations for the Emergency Solutions Grants program, which replaces the Emergency Shelter Grants program. The change in the program's name, from Emergency Shelter Grants to Emergency Solutions Grants, reflects the change in the program's focus from addressing the needs of homeless people in emergency or transitional shelters to assisting people to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.
 
	 
 
	Download the regulations here or read them on the HUD HRE website.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/rel/67/</link>
			<title>CDBG Small Cities Catalyst Program Funds Available</title>
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	&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding Opportunity:&lt;br&gt;
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	The NC Department of Commerce Community Investment and Assistance Program currently has funds available in non-entitlement areas of the State which can be used for Supportive Housing.&amp;nbsp; These funds are available through the NC Catalyst Program.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	The Catalyst Program provides grants of up to $500,000 that can be used for a wide variety of community development activities including the construction of homeless shelters, the acquisition of land or buildings for affordable rental housing, and the rehabilitation of buildings for affordable rental housing.&amp;nbsp; These funds could also be used as the required match for the Supportive Housing Development Program.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	The primary purpose of the Catalyst Program is to provide grants to local governments to develop viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate-income. Non-entitlement municipalities or counties are given the&amp;nbsp;opportunity to tailor a project to meet the community development needs specific and most critical to their locality primarily for their low and moderate-income residents. This new grant program incorporates several previous CDBG programs and activities such as Housing Development, Individual Development Accounts, and Community Revitalization.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;The application deadline for this grant is April 30, 2012.&amp;nbsp; Please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nccommerce.com/communitydevelopment/investment-assistance/grant-categories/nc-catalyst&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NC Department of Commerce website&lt;/a&gt; for more information and application instructions.&lt;br&gt;
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/rel/66/</link>
			<title>DOL Workforce Innovation Fund Grant Application</title>
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	&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding Opportunity:&lt;br&gt;
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	The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for approximately $98.5 million available through the Workforce Innovation Fund to support innovative employment and training service approaches. The fund invests in programs that support, evaluate, and enhance workforce investment strategies, particularly for vulnerable populations. Entities eligible for grants from the fund include state workforce agencies, local workforce investment boards, and institutions eligible to apply for Workforce Investment Act Section 166 grants.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.doleta.gov/workforce_innovation&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DOL website&lt;/a&gt; to access more information about the Workforce Innovation Fund, as well tools and resources to support application development. An online tutorial for prospective applicants, &amp;ldquo;Grant Applications 101: A Plain English Guide to ETA Competitive Grants,&amp;rdquo; is available through &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workforce3one.org/page/grants_toolkit&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Workforce3One&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Prospective applicants can register on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.Grants.gov&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.Grants.gov&lt;/a&gt; to access the SGA. Additional grant information is also available at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.doleta.gov/grants&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.doleta.gov/grants&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	The deadline for applications is &lt;strong&gt;4 pm on March 22, 2012&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/rel/65/</link>
			<title>NCHFA Urgent Repair Program Funds Available</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding Opportunity:&lt;br&gt;
	&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	The NC Housing Finance Agency is pleased to announce the availability of $2.5 million under the 2012 cycle of the Urgent Repair Program (URPl2). Program funding enables recipient organizations to provide deferred, forgiven loans of up to $6,000 for emergency home repairs and modifications to very low-income owner-occupied homes with one or more fulltime household members with special needs (e. g., elderly, disabled, or a child 6 or under with an elevated blood-lead level). Household incomes cannot exceed 50% of area median income.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Nonprofit organizations, local governments and regional councils with the technical capacity to manage residential construction projects are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants must cover service areas with a population of 5,000 or greater. The maximum funding amount is $150,000 for projects serving two or more counties in their entirety, $75,000 for projects serving a single county or less, or $37,500 for the twenty-six units of local govemment that receive CDBG funds directly from HUD. These &amp;quot;Entitlements&amp;quot; are the cities of Asheville, Burlington, Cary, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greenville, Hickory, High Point, Jacksonville, Kannapolis, Lenoir, Morganton, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Salisbury, Wilmington and Winston-Salem, plus Cumberland, Mecklenburg and Wake counties.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	Application forms and Application Guidelines are available on the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nchfa.com/Nonprofits/RRformsapps.aspx#sfr&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; (please scroll down until you see URP12), or by contacting Amy Elms at 919-877-5661 or &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:alelms@nchfa.com&quot;&gt;alelms@nchfa.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Completed applications must be received by NCHFA by 5:00 P.M. February 3, 2012. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	For more information about this program, please call Mike Handley (91 9-877-5 627) or Dick Smith-Overman (919-877-5628).&lt;/div&gt;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/rel/64/</link>
			<title>HUD Housing Counseling Grants Available</title>
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	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding Opportunity:&lt;br&gt;
		&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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		The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that more than $40 million is available for a broad range of housing counseling programs to help families find and preserve housing. These grants will be awarded competitively to hundreds of HUD-approved counseling agencies and State Housing Finance Agencies across the nation that offer a variety of services including how to avoid foreclosure, how to avoid mortgage scams, how to purchase or rent a home, how to improve credit scores, and how to qualify for a reverse mortgage.&amp;nbsp; HUD will award grants to approximately 500 applicants.&lt;/div&gt;
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		&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;Instructions are posted on Grants.gov. To apply, go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms_apps_idx.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms_apps_idx.html&lt;/a&gt; and enter 14.169 in the CFDA field. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The application deadline is 11:59:59 pm eastern time on January 12, 2012.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	If applicants have difficulty accessing the information, they may obtain assistance by calling the help desk hotline at 800-518-GRANTS or by e-mailing &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:support@grants.gov&quot;&gt;support@grants.gov&lt;/a&gt;. The Grants.gov help desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, except federal holidays.&lt;/div&gt;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/rel/63/</link>
			<title>2012 VA SSVF NOFA Released</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding Opportunity:&lt;br&gt;
	&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program is a new VA program that awards grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives who will provide supportive services to very low-income Veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. The grantees will provide a range of supportive services designed to promote housing stability.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	The 2011 SSVF Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) was published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2011. &lt;strong&gt;Please go to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;VA website&lt;/a&gt; to view the NOFA, to download an application, and to view resources and instructions regarding the grant application process.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Applications for initial and renewal grants are due by 4 p.m. EST on February 15, 2012.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	For further information, please contact:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	John Kuhn&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program Office&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans&lt;/div&gt;
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	4100 Chester Avenue, Suite 201&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Philadelphia, PA 19104&lt;/div&gt;
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	(877) 737&amp;ndash;0111 (this is a toll-free number)&lt;br&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:SSVF@va.gov&quot;&gt;SSVF@va.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/rel/62/</link>
			<title>HCHV Contracts Available Through Salisbury VA</title>
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	&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;Funding Opportunity:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
	&lt;br&gt;
	The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Salisbury, NC, is soliciting proposals from contractors within a 50 mile radius of the VAMC Salisbury, NC to provide services as part of its Community Based Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. The closing date for proposals is December 12, 2011.&lt;br&gt;
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	The solicitation is available for download on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&amp;amp;mode=form&amp;amp;id=13495e23aab64b1565df8749f7aa8059&amp;amp;tab=core&amp;amp;_cview=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federal Business Opportunities website&lt;/a&gt; (Solicitation Number VA24612Q0452).&lt;/div&gt;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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	For questions about this solicitation, please contact:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	Leah Trossen&lt;br&gt;
	Contract Specialist&lt;br&gt;
	757-728-7152&lt;/div&gt;
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Supportive Housing RFP Released</title>
			<description>  	The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to nonprofit organizations (or teams of nonprofit organizations) who can implement cost-effective models of supportive housing connected to coordinated health services for low-income men and women with chronic health challenges who are a) experiencing homelessness or persistent housing crises and b) high-cost users of crisis health services (inpatient hospitalizations, emergency rooms, detox, etc.).  	  	In the first phase CSH will be awarding a total pool of $2.8 million in federal and philanthropic funds to a select group of nonprofits who will bring our supportive housing innovations to life in rigorously evaluated pilot programs. This grantmaking and model development effort is supported by grant funds from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) and CSH's philanthropic partners.  	  	Who can apply?  	Eligible applicants will be nonprofit organizations with 501(c)3 status from the Internal Revenue...
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			<title>NCHFA Supportive Housing Development Funds Available</title>
			<description>  	  		Funding Opportunity:  		 	  		  	  		The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency is pleased to announce the availability of funding for the 2012 Supportive Housing Development Program year.  	  		  	  		The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency's Supportive Housing Development Program helps nonprofits, local governments, and lead regional organizations develop emergency, transitional and permanent housing for persons who are homeless and/or have disabilities. 	  		  	  		The program provides interest-free loans up to $500,000 per development. To qualify, projects must include or make available appropriate support services for the residents. In addition, the housing must serve individuals and families who earn below 50% of area median income. Rents and utilities cannot exceed 30% of gross household income for the residents. 	  		  	  		Eligible populations are homeless or non-homeless households that require supportive services, including persons with mental, physical, or...
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>NCHFA Single-Family Rehabilitation Program Funds Available</title>
			<description>  	Funding Opportunity:  	   	    	The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency proposes to make a total of $6.5 million available to eligible organizations for the rehabilitation of scattered-site, owner&amp;shy;occupied homes in selected counties under the 2012 cycle of the Single-Family Rehabilitation Program (SFR).   	    	Under this cycle of SFR (SFRl2), funds will be made available to serve homeowners in the following counties: Alamance, Ashe, Bertie, Bladen, Burke, Camden, Chatham, Currituck, Dare, Gaston, Graham, Greene, Haywood, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jones, Lee, Madison, Martin, Mitchell, Montgomery, Pasquotank, Pender, Polk, Rockingham, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Warren, Wayne, and Wilkes.    	    	SFR funds may not be used to assist households residing within entitlement counties (Cumberland, Mecklenburg and Wake) or the 23 entitlement cities that receive funds directly from HUD (see Entitlement Cities/ Counties for a list). Only applications proposing to serve an entire county,...
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Funds Available through HHS Health Care Innovation Challenge</title>
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	&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding Opportunity:&lt;br&gt;
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	This week, it was announced that up to $1 billion will be awarded to innovative projects across the country that test creative ways to deliver high-quality medical care and save money. Launched today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and funded by the Affordable Care Act, the Health Care Innovation Challenge will also give preference to projects that rapidly hire, train, and deploy health care workers.&lt;/div&gt;
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	The Health Care Innovation Challenge will award grants in March 2012 to applicants who will implement the most compelling new ideas to deliver better health, improved care, and lower costs to people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children&#39;s Health Insurance Program, particularly those with the highest health care needs. The Challenge will support projects that can begin within 6 months. In addition, projects that focus on rapid workforce development will be given priority when grants are awarded.&lt;/div&gt;
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	The intent of this initiative is to engage a wide variety of innovators. Interested parties of all types who have developed innovations that will meet the initiative&#39;s goals of improving care, lowering costs, and creating health care jobs are welcome to apply.&lt;/div&gt;
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	In addition, proposals are encouraged to focus on high cost/high-risk groups including those populations with multiple chronic diseases and/or mental health or substance abuse issues, poor health status due to socio-economic and environmental factors, multiple medical conditions, high cost individuals, or the frail elderly.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;The full &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.innovation.cms.gov/documents/pdf/innovation-challenge-foa.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;funding announcement&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.innovation.cms.gov/documents/pdf/innovation-challenge-fact-sheet.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;fact sheet&lt;/a&gt; summarizing key points are available on the CMS website.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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	&lt;strong&gt;A letter of intent to apply is due December 19, 2011, and applications are due January 27, 2012.&lt;br&gt;
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			<title>Consultant</title>
			<description>Title: Consultant Description:  	Statement of Purpose:  	The Salvation Army of Wake County is seeking a consultant to assist in a community level assessment and planning project. The project is centered on the prevention of human trafficking in Wake County for youth 21-years of age or younger.   	    	Background Information:  	The Salvation Army is deeply committed to the modern-day fight against human trafficking. This commitment emerges from The Salvation Army&#39;s mission - to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The organization was founded in London, England, in 1865 by the husband and wife team of William and Catherine Booth. Today, The Salvation Army USA&#39;s anti-trafficking efforts focus on four core areas: legislative and policy initiatives, awareness raising and training, prevention efforts, as well as the development and provision of trafficking survivor services.   	The Salvation Army of Wake County has been engaged...
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			<title>2012 Organizer</title>
			<description>Title: 2012 Organizer Description:  	About Us:  	Together NC is a broad and diverse collection of non-profit organizations, service providers, and professional associations who have come together to promote wise choices for shared prosperity for all North Carolinians. Now more than ever, in the face of severe economic recession, we must speak with one voice about the need to maintain and build upon the public investments - education, transportation, public safety, health care - that support the fabric of our community.   	    	Job Description:  	Together NC is hiring an organizer to implement key communications and organizing tactics in Wake County. The organizer will also support the organizing efforts of Together NC partners in other parts of the state. The Together NC organizer is a position with the Covenant with North Carolina's Children Education Fund and will be overseen by Rob Thompson, Executive Director.   	    	Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:  	 ...
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			<title>Social Worker</title>
			<description>Title: Social Worker Description:  	Community Link is a non-profit agency located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Community Link provides intensive and individualized counseling to help our customers overcome the barriers that are keeping them from permanent housing.  	  	Purpose: To help break the cycle of poverty by enabling working poor individuals and families to obtain and sustain safe, decent, and affordable housing.   	    	Mission: To utilize community resources efficiently to provide effective individualized long-term services to break the cycle of poverty among individuals and families.   	    	Vision: It is our vision to become, by 2010, the premier provider of programs that enable individuals and families to break the cycle of poverty.   	    	This full-time position reports to the Program Director at Community Link and provides casework services including counseling and coaching as well as referrals to in-house and community resources. Community Link Social Workers honor...
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:13:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Organizational Development Specialist</title>
			<description>Title: Organizational Development Specialist Description:  	Partners Ending Homelessness is the planning and coordinating agency responsible for securing and administering major funding with continuous oversight for homeless service delivery in Guilford County. The Partnership is responsible for actively implementing, evaluating and updating Guilford County&#39;s Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and serves as the lead agency for Guilford County&#39;s federally designated Continuum of Care.   	    	Responsibilities and accountabilities for this position include:   	    	Organizational Grant Writing and Reporting  	  		Researching and identifying potential funding sources- foundations, corporations, government et al 	  		Preparing, writing, and submitting appropriate applications for funding 	  		Reporting for all funding sources. 	  		Data collection for all funding source reporting 	  		Comply with accounting practices for all funding received    	    	Coordinate Federal...
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Assistant Director of Community Development</title>
			<description>Title: Assistant Director of Community Development Description:  	The purpose of this position is to assist with direction and activities of the Community Development Department, which include the administration of HUD-funded entitlement programs and their associated requirements, and managing departmental staff. This position has fiscal and reporting responsibility for the Community Development Department including developing the department budget, assuring that appropriate linkages exist between budget, funding limitations and service levels, preparing financial statements and budget reports, forecasting revenues and expenditure, presenting proposals for approval, authorizing payments and monitoring expenditures.   	    	Other administrative responsibilities include planning and prioritizing work, ensuring compliance with policy and procedure, and participating in staff development and hiring processes. The position monitors the compliance component of the entitlement programs,...
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:49:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Residential Services Director</title>
			<description>Title: Residential Services Director Description:  	The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC) is currently looking for a talented professional with experience working with homeless populations (men, women &amp; children) in a residential setting. A minimum of five years developing and/or managing a successful transitional housing program in a non-profit structure is required, along with an advanced degree or comparable experience.   	    	Responsibilities include overseeing the daily functioning of our emergency shelters, transitional housing units, case management programs and services; management and training of program volunteers; preparation of monthly/annual program plans, budgets and reports; working collaboratively with other agency leaders; and providing interactive support to program staff and volunteers. This is a hands-on position and we are looking for candidates who have documented success in building successful teams.   	    	The salary range for this position is...
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:43:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Program Manager: Connecticut</title>
			<description>Title: Program Manager: Connecticut Description:  	The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national nonprofit organization that helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. CSH advances its mission by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, by making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, by strengthening the supportive housing industry, and by reforming public policy to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing. CSH delivers its core services primarily through staff stationed in 15 states and the District of Columbia. CSH also reaches many other communities that request assistance from its National Program staff.   	    	This Position:  	The Program Manager (PM) will work closely with the Connecticut team to provide project-level assistance to partners currently operating creating new permanent supportive housing in order to ensure quality supportive housing in CT. The position will be...
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:15:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Program Manager/Senior Program Manger: Connecticut</title>
			<description>Title: Program Manager/Senior Program Manger: Connecticut Description:  	The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national nonprofit organization that helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. CSH advances its mission by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, by making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, by strengthening the supportive housing industry, and by reforming public policy to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing. CSH delivers its core services primarily through staff stationed in 13 states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Texas) and the District of Columbia. CSH also reaches many other communities that request assistance from its National Program staff.   	    	This Position:  	CSH CT is seeking energetic, qualified candidates from across the state to fill the position of...
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:03:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Program Manager: New York</title>
			<description>Title: Program Manager: New York Description:  	The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national nonprofit organization that helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. CSH advances its mission by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, by making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, by strengthening the supportive housing industry, and by reforming public policy to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing. CSH delivers its core services primarily through staff stationed in 15 states and the District of Columbia. These staff are organized into three regions of the Untied States which coordinate with CSH's national teams to reach many other communities heavily impacted by homelessness that request CSH's assistance.   	    	Current key activities for the New York Office include helping advance implementation of the New York/New York III Agreement, $1 billion city/state commitment to...
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:56:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Senior Program Manager: New York</title>
			<description>Title: Senior Program Manager: New York Description:  	The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national nonprofit organization that helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. CSH advances its mission by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, by making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, by strengthening the supportive housing industry, and by reforming public policy to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing. CSH delivers its core services primarily through staff stationed in 13 states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Texas) and the District of Columbia. These staff are organized into three regions of the Untied States which coordinate with CSH's national teams to reach many other communities heavily impacted by homelessness that request CSH's assistance.   	    	This Position:  	CSH is...
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/BoSminutes</link>
			<title>Balance of State Continuum of Care: Agendas and Minutes</title>
			<description>  	  	 		Meeting Minutes, Conference Call Notes and Related Documents 	 		 			 				 					 Date 				 					 Documents 				 					Topics  			 			 				 					1.10.12 				 					 						  							Presentation from Steering Committee 						  							Meeting Minutes  							 					 				 				 					CoC Check-up, 2012 Point-in-Time Count, grantee training, BoS subcommittees 			 			 				 					12.6.11 				 					 						  							Presentation from Steering Committee Meeting 						  							Meeting Minutes  							 					 				 				 					CoC Check-up, 2012 Point-in-Time Count 			 			 				 					11.01.11 				 					 						  							Presentation from Steering Committee Meeting  							 						  							Meeting MInutes  							 					 				 				 					Review of FY11 Exhibit 1 and project listing, Point-in-Time Count, BoS subcommittees, QPRs/APRs 			 			 				 					10.18.11 				 					 						  							Presentation from Steering Committee Meeting  							 						  							Meeting Minutes  							 					 				 				 					Vote on...

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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:34:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>ARMM Regional Committee</title>
			<description>  	On this page, you will find information and materials from the ARMM (Anson, Richmond, Montgomery, Moore) Regional Committee of the Balance of State CoC. Please click here to view more information on the BoS CoC.   	  		  	  		ARMM Lead Contact: 	Susan Bellew, Family Promise of Moore County  	Contact info coming soon ...  	  		  	  	 		Regional Committee Meeting Schedule 	  		 			 				 					 						Date  						 					 						Time  						 					 						Location  						 				 				 					 						February 21, 2012 					 						9:30 					 						Montgomery County, 102 East Spring Street (Troy), 3rd floor 				 				 					 						March 20, 2012 					 						9:30 					 						Richmond County, Site TBD 				 				 					 						April 17, 2012 					 						9:30 					 						County TBD, Site TBD 				 			 		 	 	  		 			  			Regional Committee Members 		  			Coming soon: View a list of current members participating with the Regional Committee. 		  			  		  			 				CoC Grantees within the Regional Committee 			 ...

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			<title>Pitt County Regional Committee</title>
			<description>  	On this page, you&#39;ll find information and materials from the Pitt County Regional Committee of the Balance of State Continuum of Care. Please click here to view more information on the BoS CoC.   	    	Regional Committee Lead Contact:   	Paulette White   	 		10-Year Plan Project Manager 	 		Pitt County Planning 	pdwhite@pittcountync.gov  	 		Office 252.902.3282 	 		Fax 252.830.2576 	 		Cell 252.258.3909 	 		  	 		 			Regional Committee Meeting Schedule 	 	 		When: The second Wednesday of every month  		Where: 1303 Broad Street, Greenville, NC 27858  		Time: 9:00am to 10:30am  		  	  		 			Regional Committee Members 		  			Coming soon: View a list of current members participating with the Regional Committee.  			  		  			 				CoC Grantees within the Regional Committee 			  				These agencies receive HUD Continuum of Care funding for transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and/or Shelter+Care programs to serve homeless persons.  				  			 				 					 						...

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			<title>North Carolina Balance of State CoC</title>
			<description>  	North Carolina&#39;s Balance of State Continuum of Care was established in 2005. NCCEH is the lead agency for the Balance of State and coordinates the application for HUD CoC funding.  	  	 		The following counties are part of the Balance of State: 	  		Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrell, Union, Vance, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson, Yadkin 	  		  	  		 			Regional Committees 	 	 ...

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		&lt;strong&gt;Carson Dean&lt;/strong&gt;, Chair&lt;br&gt;
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			Men&#39;s Shelter of Charlotte, Charlotte&lt;/div&gt;
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			&lt;strong&gt;Sam Whitted&lt;/strong&gt;, Vice-Chair&lt;/div&gt;
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			Housing for New Hope, Durham&lt;/div&gt;
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			&lt;strong&gt;Cynthia Sexton&lt;/strong&gt;, Treasurer&lt;/div&gt;
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			NC Statewide Independent Living Council, Raleigh&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Amy Sawyer&lt;/strong&gt;, Secretary&lt;br&gt;
		The Homeless Initiative of Asheville/Buncombe, Asheville&lt;br&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Terry Allebaugh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
		Housing for New Hope, Durham&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Kristi Case&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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		Smoky Mountain Center, Sylva&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Talaika Goss-Williams&lt;br&gt;
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		East Carolina Behavioral Health LME, Greenville&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Amy Modlin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
		East Carolina Behavioral Health LME, Greenville&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Jon Sarver&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
		Sarver Housing Group, Asheville&lt;br&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Robert Thompson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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		East Carolina University, Greenville&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Rob Weigle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
		Asheville&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;strong&gt;Tim West&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
		City of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem&lt;/div&gt;
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		Our Staff&lt;/h1&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:denise@ncceh.org&quot; title=&quot;email Denise&quot;&gt;Denise Neunaber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
	Executive Director&lt;br&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:emily@ncceh.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Emily Carmody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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		Project Specialist&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:nancy@ncceh.org&quot; title=&quot;email nancy&quot;&gt;Nancy Holochwost&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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		Operations Manager&lt;/div&gt;
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		&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:emila@ncceh.org&quot;&gt;Emila Sutton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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		Project Specialist&lt;/div&gt;
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			Our Office Number:&lt;/h2&gt;
		(919) 755-4393&lt;/div&gt;
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			Our Address:&lt;/h2&gt;
		P.O. Box 27692&lt;br&gt;
		Raleigh, NC 27611&lt;/div&gt;
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			<title>Reporting Forms for the 2012 Point-in-Time Count</title>
			<description>  	 		 The 2012 Point-in-Time Count will be held the night of Wednesday, January 25. 	 		  	 		The forms below should be used to report data for the count. Please see the instructions for how to use each form.  		 	 		  	 		Sheltered Count Forms  	  		Each emergency shelter, transitional housing program, and permanent supportive housing program in the state must fill out one of these forms.  		 	 		  			Programs in the Balance of State CoC should turn the forms in to NCCEH. 		  			Programs in all other CoCs should turn the forms in to their local PIT coordinator. 	 	  		 			 				 					 						Sheltered Count Form 					 						  							view pdf 						  							view Word doc 					 				 			 		 	 	  		  	 		  		Unsheltered (Street) Count Forms 	  		Communities conducting street counts or services-based counts of unsheltered homeless persons should use this form to report their data.  		 	  		 			  				Programs in the Balance of State CoC should turn the forms in to NCCEH. 			  				Programs...

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			<title>Our Members</title>
			<description>  	Our members are essential to the work we do.    	    	NCCEH would like to thank all of the organizational and individual members whose support and dedication contribute to our efforts to end homelessness in North Carolina.   	Organizational Members   	  		Bethesda Center (Winston-Salem)    	CASA (Raleigh)   	  		Charlotte Emergency Housing (Charlotte) 	  		Charlotte-Mecklenburg Coalition for Housing (Charlotte) 	  		Community Link (Charlotte)  		 	  		Cumberland County Community Development (Fayetteville)    	East Carolina Behavioral Health (Greenville)   	Easter Seals UCP (Mt. Airy)   	Eureka Ministry (Winston-Salem)   	Family Promise of Chatham County (Pittsboro)   	Family Promise of Moore County (Aberdeen)   	Genesis Home (Durham)   	Good Shepherd Center (Wilmington)   	The Haven of Transylvania County (Brevard)   	Homeless Initiative of Asheville/Buncombe County (Asheville)   	Homeward Bound of Asheville (Asheville)   	Hospitality House of the Boone Area (Boone)   	Housing for...

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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/CoCApps/</link>
			<title>Continua of Care Applications</title>
			<description>&lt;div&gt;
	Each year, homeless assistance providers apply through their Continuum of Care for HUD funding for transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, Shelter+Care, and HMIS projects.&amp;nbsp; Please click the links below to view CoC applications from each year and a list of the grant funds that were awarded.&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/2008CoCApps/&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;2008 Continua of Care Applications &amp;amp; Awards&lt;br&gt;
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	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/2009CoCApps/&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;2009 Continua of Care Applications &amp;amp; Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/2010CoCApps/&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;2010 Continua of Care Applications &amp;amp; Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncceh.org/2011CoCApps/&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;2011 Continua of Care Applications &amp;amp; Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;


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			<title>Conducting a Point-in-Time Count</title>
			<description>  	Conducting a Point-in-Time Count is important to all communities. The count is a tally of who is homeless on a given night and provides a snapshot of who experiences homeless throughout the year.    	    	The Point-in-Time Count is a one-day, statistically reliable, unduplicated count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals and families in the country.    	    	It is required that communities applying for HUD Continuum of Care funding to serve the homeless do a count each year in the last week of January. Programs that have beds dedicated to serve homeless individuals and families also conduct a bed inventory during the count.    	    	 		What time is the count? 	  		The 2012 Point-in-Time Count will be held the night of Wednesday, January 25.  	  		  	  		It&#39;s best to set a 24-hour period of time for a count. The 2012 count will begin at 6pm on January 25th and end at 6pm on January 26th. On the night of the 25th, emergency shelters and transitional housing programs...

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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/cms/153/</link>
			<title>Calendar of Events - Home page</title>
			<description> 	  		Feb. 7: Balance of State Steering Committee Meeting 	  		Feb. 14: Balance of State Transitional Housing Committee Meeting 	  		Feb. 16: SOAR Caseworker Dialogue Group 	  		Feb. 29-March 1: SOAR Caseworker Training 	  		View All Upcoming Events    function validateAmount(amount){ if(amount.value.match( /^[0-9]+(\.([0-9]+))?$/)){ return true; }else{ alert('You must enter a valid donation.'); amount.focus(); return false; } }    	     	 		 			 				 					Make a donation!  					 					 						        $  				 				 					 			 			 				 					 						 							 					 				 				 					  			 		 	    	  	   	   	  	  

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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:33:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<link>http://www.ncceh.org/en/sur/?5</link>
			<title>2010 Shelter Survey</title>
			<description>Objectives: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Release Date: 29-Mar-10 3:00 PM&lt;br&gt;Expiration Date: 27-Sep-10 3:00 PM&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Emergency, Transitional, and Day Shelter Providers Survey&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Please take a moment to complete the following survey.&amp;nbsp;  Your responses will be kept confidential &#8211; all identifying information will be removed from the resulting report.&amp;nbsp; Providing your agency and contact information will allow me to contact you if I have any questions when compiling the final report.&amp;nbsp;  Also, by providing your email address you will receive a copy of the final report. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Your responses will be used to develop training/workshops and to provide data about shelter services across the state.&amp;nbsp; Thanks!&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>2009 Shelter Survey</title>
			<description>Objectives: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Release Date: 1-Oct-09 8:00 AM&lt;br&gt;Expiration Date: 1-Jan-10 5:00 PM&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Emergency, Transitional, and Day Shelter Providers Survey&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Please take a moment to complete the following survey.&amp;nbsp;  Your responses will be kept confidential &#8211; all identifying information will be removed from the resulting report.&amp;nbsp; Providing your agency and contact information will allow me to contact you if I have any questions when compiling the final report.&amp;nbsp;  Also, by providing your email address you will receive a copy of the final report. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Your responses will be used to develop training/workshops and to provide data about shelter services across the state.&amp;nbsp; Thanks!&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Housing and Homelessness Training Institute</title>
			<description>Objectives: &lt;div&gt;HUD is holding preliminary planning sessions for a training institute to be held in May 2009. Please take a moment to fill out the survey by clicking the yellow link above. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Release Date: 21-Nov-08 10:00 AM&lt;br&gt;Expiration Date: 19-Feb-09 10:00 AM&lt;br&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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