Media
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Training Follow-Up: Marketing for Nonprofits
Presented by Robin McKinney, VP of Programs, Public Relations Association of MS Description: This session will discuss marketing strategies for nonprofits – it will include tips on recruiting donors, online fundraising, content creation, and how to improve your agency’s storytelling. Below you see non-profit marketing resources.
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Training Follow-Up: Connecting Clients with Early Childhood Development Resources
This session covered the early childhood resources available in your (MS) community and best practices on how to connect your clients to these resources to focus on school readiness, student attendance, and health opportunities for our youngest clients. Below you see links for early childhood resources.
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CoC NOFA FY 2019: What’s New and How to Build Upon Your Work to End Homelessness
In this webinar USICH Policy Director Susan Pourciau and Policy Analyst Katie Jennings provide a high-level overview of HUD’s FY 2019 CoC Program NOFA, including policy priorities, scoring, and key changes from the FY 2018 NOFA. They also offer key considerations and resources for communities as they embark upon the FY 2019 Application Process. CoC…
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Leveraging Data to Mitigate Homelessness in Mississippi
Mississippi United to End Homelessness, more commonly known as MUTEH, is using Foothold Technology’s AWARDS software in collaborative ways to help mitigate homelessness in their state.
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HUD Awards Record $2 Billion to Thousands of Local Homeless Assistance Programs Across the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded a record $2 billion to support more than 7,300 local homeless assistance programs across the nation. HUD’s Continuum of Care grants provide critically needed support to local programs on the front lines of serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
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Press Release: State Homeless Agencies Plan 2018 Annual Homeless Census
The Mississippi Balance of State CoC (BoS), a group whose membership includes the majority of homeless service providers in Mississippi, plans to conduct a homeless census – also known as a Point in Time Count (PIT) – on January 22-26, 2018. The BoS’s target area includes all the state, excluding the Jackson Urbanized area and the…
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New Report Explores Housing Affordability For Working Households
The National Housing Conference has released the annual “Paycheck to Paycheck” report, which provides insight into the ability of working households to afford typical housing in metro areas nationwide.
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Mapping America’s Rental Housing Crisis
The Urban Institute has created an interactive map analysis represent a best estimate of the affordable rental housing gap and federal assistance for extremely low-income (ELI) renter households at the county level in the United States.
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These four trends in rental housing have big implications for the growing affordable housing crisis
The rental housing landscape in America is rapidly changing: new people are becoming renters and many properties are aging. Meanwhile, the pace at which new rental housing supply is being created can’t meet growing demand. This supply shortage is particularly acute for affordable housing, leading to an ongoing crisis. Tens of millions of Americans live…
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Unsheltered Homelessness: Trends, Causes, and Strategies to Address
People sleeping on park benches and street corners are the most visible reminder of the United States’ continuing struggle with homelessness. On any given night, over 175,000 people are unsheltered, sleeping outside or in places not meant for human habitation. On a positive note, unsheltered homelessness has been declining nationally for several years, but some…