Shared National Goals
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) creates the federal homeless strategic plan which includes:
Ending homelessness among veterans.
Ending chronic homelessness among people with disabilities.
Ending homelessness among families with children.
Ending homelessness among unaccompanied youth.
Ensuring homelessness is rare, brief, and one-time.
Areas of Increased Focus
- Increasing affordable housing opportunities
- Strengthening prevention and diversion practices.
- Creating solutions for unsheltered homelessness.
- Tailoring strategies for rural communities
- Helping people who exit homelessness to find career success and economic mobility.
- Learning from the expertise of people with lived experiences of homelessness.