Melissa Lien

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Take Action: New HUD Continuum of Care Funding Restrictions Will Increase Homelessness

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council strongly opposes the new funding restrictions outlined in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fiscal Year 2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (CoC NOFO) released late last week because the proposed changes will increase homelessness.  Most significantly, these restrictions will end funding […]

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New Law Reverses 10 Years of Progress, Putting Lives and Communities at Risk

New Law Reverses 10 Years of Progress, Putting Lives and Communities at Risk Today, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a measure that will strip Medicaid coverage from more than 12 million people, put thousands of lives at risk each year, and threaten the stability of health clinics and hospitals across the country.

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National HCH Council Strongly Opposes House Bill that Cuts Millions Off Medicaid

Early Thursday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget bill that will  take Medicaid away from  more than  10 million people and bury states, providers, and low-income people in costly and unnecessary administrative red tape. This bill also targets immigrant, LGBTQ+, and other vulnerable communities by making deep cuts to basic needs programs

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President’s Proposed FY206 Budget Greatly Reduces Health Care Services and Housing Assistance

May 7, 2025 On Friday, the Administration released The President’s FY 2026 Discretionary Budget Request, which proposes dramatic funding reductions to a wide range of federal programs critical to the health and well-being of the unhoused population. The proposed cuts to HHS and HUD target energy assistance, HIV services, maternal-child health, family planning, infectious disease

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15 Reasons to Celebrate: Meet the First NIMRC Certified Medical Respite Programs

Five years ago, the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) was created as a special program of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council to help expand and advance medical respite care. It is an understatement to say the program has exceeded expectations. Creating a voluntary Medical Respite Certification process is just one

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Statement on the 2024 Point in Time Count for Homelessness

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Estimates of Homelessness revealed that on a single night in January, 771,480 people experienced homelessness in the United States. This staggering number represents those in emergency shelters, safe havens, transitional housing programs, or unsheltered locations. However, it is important to recognize that this figure

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