With millions of persons who experience homelessness every year and hundreds of thousands of them without shelter and susceptible to death, serious bodily injury, or trauma from cold weather, violent acts, and sexual violence and other traumatic events, the funding for emergency shelters, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and other homeless and housing services for persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness should be accessed to determine the adequacy of the funding levels to provide shelter for every single person who is experiencing homelessness.
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Latest ACS Census Data Show That Homelessness is Related to Housing, Employment, and Poverty
In 2016, 549,000 persons were homeless on a given night in unsheltered locations, emergency shelters, and transitional housing in the United States. Of the half a million homeless persons, 355,000 were unaccompanied adult individuals, including youth between the ages of 18 and 24, and 194,000 were adults and children in families.
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“Health Care for Homeless Individuals Fact Sheet – 2016” Shows Many Homeless People Without Diagnosis and/or Treatment
Our new fact sheet “Health Care of Homeless Individuals Fact Sheet – 2016” reports the current state of diagnosis and treatment of homeless patients for twelve chronic and other life-threatening or serious health conditions to assess whether homeless patients are receiving prompt and life-saving diagnosis or treatment and to determine what improvements are needed to ensure that they are able to receive such diagnosis and treatment.
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The FY2018 House and Senate Appropriations Committee Bills Cut $985 Million and $23 Million in Funding to Critical Labor Programs That Assist Homeless People and People At-Risk of Homelessness
The House bill and Senate bill for the Department of Labor, that passed out of Committee propose various funding levels to provide employment services to persons, including homeless people and people at-risk of homelessness, compared to the enacted FY2017 funding levels, with cuts to programs totaling $985 million in the House Committee Bill and $23 million in the Senate Committee Bill.
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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House and Senate Appropriations Committee Bills Cut $300 Million and $2 Million in Funding to Some Health Programs That Assist Homeless People and People At-Risk of Homelessness
The House bill and Senate bill for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), that passed out of Committee propose various funding levels to provide health, mental health, substance abuse, and support services to people, including homeless people and people at-risk of homelessness, compared to the enacted FY2016 and the enacted FY2017 funding levels, the latter which was not enacted at the time the budget request was prepared, with cuts to some programs totaling $300 million in the House Committee Bill and $2 million in the Senate Committee Bill.
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The FY2018 House and Senate Appropriations Committee Bills Cut $200 Million and $27 Million in Funding to Some Programs That Assist Homeless People and People At-Risk of Homelessness
The House Committee Bills and Senate Committee Bills for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that passed out of Committee propose various funding levels to assist homeless people and people at-risk of homelessness compared to the enacted FY2016 and the enacted FY2017 funding levels, the latter which was not enacted at the time the budget request was prepared, with cuts to some programs totaling $200 million in the House Committee Bills and $27 million in the Senate Committee Bills.
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The Revised Senate Health Care Bill Would Still Likely Decrease Health Care for Hundreds of Thousands of Homeless People
The revised Senate version of the health care bill H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, released on July 13 would still likely decrease health care access for the approximately 155,000 homeless adults enrolled in Medicaid since the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) expansion and for many of the 201,000 homeless adults and 70,000 homeless children enrolled in Medicaid in 2013 prior to the ACA expansion and provide decreased access to health care than is expected for many of the 312,000 homeless adults who are currently uninsured, but who likely reside in states that are expected to eventually expand Medicaid coverage as the Center on Homelessness, Health, and Employment Law and Policy’s previous blog post estimated.
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The Senate Health Care Bill, H.R. 1628, Would Likely Decrease Health Care for Hundreds of Thousands of Homeless People
The Senate version of the health care bill H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, released last Thursday would likely decrease health care access for homeless people currently enrolled in regular Medicaid and provide decreased access to health care than is expected for some homeless people who are currently uninsured, but who reside in states that are expected to eventually expand Medicaid coverage.
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The FY2018 Budget Request Cuts Employment Services to Homeless People and People At-Risk of Homelessness by $1.8 Billion
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Budget Request proposes to cut employment services funding to assist homeless people and people at-risk of homelessness in the Department of Labor budget by $1.8 billion compared to both the enacted FY2016 funding level and the enacted FY2017 funding level, the latter which was not enacted at the time the budget request was prepared.
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The FY2018 Budget Request Cuts Health Assistance to Homeless People and People At-Risk of Homelessness by More Than $4 Billion
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Budget Request for the Department of Health and Human Services proposes to cut health funding to assist homeless people and people at-risk of homelessness with health, mental health, and substance abuse treatment and prevention services by more than $4 billion compared to both the enacted FY2016 funding level and the enacted FY2017 funding level, the latter which was not enacted at the time the budget request was prepared.
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