On October 24, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ-D) will be honored at The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty’s annual McKinney-Vento Awards event.
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For those who were unable to attend the NLIHC 2017 Housing Policy Forum, video recordings of all the plenary sessions are now available online.
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA-43Rep. Maxine Waters reintroduced the “Ending Homelessness Act of 2017,” a plan to ensure the lowest income families have safe, decent, and affordable homes.
As local public schools across NJ opened for classes, now is a good time for parents, students and schools review guidance available for homeless youth.
The subcommittee included $2.487B for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants, a $237M increase over FY 2016 funding, but $177M below proposed FY 2017 level
