NHCHC Partners with L.A. County Health Providers to Launch the “ADL Assistance in Recuperative Care” Pilot

NHCHC Partners with L.A. County Health Providers to Launch the “ADL Assistance in Recuperative Care” Pilot

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 […]

by Barbara DiPietro, Senior Director of Policy Last month, the federal government took one of its most aggressive steps in decades to criminalize mental illness, substance use disorder, and homelessness. On July 24, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” directly calling on states to arrest […]

Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order that threatens the safety and civil rights of millions of people with mental health or substance use disorders and directly calls on states to arrest and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness. We agree that homelessness should not exist in the United States and we assert that everyone has a […]

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinded decades old policy that allowed health centers — and many other health care and education programs — to serve individuals regardless of immigration status. This new guidance asserts that health center services are now considered “federal public benefits,” and many non-citizens will no longer be eligible […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

March 25, 2024 The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (Council) is disappointed by the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order which seeks to effectively eliminate the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). The Council has worked alongside USICH through both Democratic and Republican administrations, including the first Trump administration, to address the health […]