Events

National Homeless Awareness Month Briefing

Housing & Homelessness

Date/Time
11/13/2013
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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The National Center on Family Homelessness & First Focus 

in conjunction with 

The Congressional Caucus on Homelessness
&
Senator Patty Murray
 

Commemorating National Homeless Awareness Month 

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 • 11:00am to 12:00pm
Rayburn House Office Building 2325
Snacks and refreshments will be served
 

The briefing will highlight the latest policy and research on child, youth and family homelessness and housing.

Featuring

  • Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson and Alcee Hastings, Co-Chairs
  • Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus
  • Cheryl Vince, Senior Vice President & Director, Health & Social Development Program, American Institutes for Research

Panelists

  • Sarah Bolton, Senior Policy and Budget Advisor, Office of Senator Patty Murray
  • Carmela J. DeCandia, Psy.D., Director, The National Center on Family Homelessness, a practice area of the American Institutes for Research
  • Mark Johnston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs, Office of Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Gregory Lewis, Executive Director, True Colors Fund

 

Natalie Coupe at Natalie.Coupe@familyhomelessness.org 

This briefing is supported by: Covenant House; First Focus; Horizons for Homeless Children; National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth; National Center for Housing and Child Welfare; National Health Care for the Homeless Council; National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty; The National Center on Family Homelessness, a practice area of the American Institutes for Research Health & Social Development Program; True Colors Fund