Hearth Inc. and Corporation for Supportive Housing
NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO END ELDER HOMELESSNESS
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Hearth, Inc. and the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) have joined together to further a national dialogue about the impending crisis of elderly homelessness, and the importance of providing permanent service-enriched housing for seniors who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness in order to end elder homelessness in our country.
To build a National Leadership Initiative to End Elder Homelessness, Hearth and CSH are creating a National Policy Advisory Panel to look at policy implications and solutions, in order to help create a policy paper with clear goals and a path for the creation of affordable service-enriched units for vulnerable elders.
To help inform and guide the Panel’s findings and final recommendations to local, state and federal policy-makers, a fall 2011 convening will be held to bring together elected and appointed officials from across the country, advocates, housing providers, and elder service providers, including health and mental health providers, to discuss the unique needs of this population and examine best practices and solutions to the crisis.
Contacts
For more information, contact:- Ellen Feingold, Chairperson, National Leadership Initiative
- Mark Hinderlie, Executive Director, Hearth
- Constance Tempel, Chief Operating Officer, Corporation for
Supportive Housing