Are you a homeless person? Do you work with homeless persons? Are you part of a workgroup to end homelessness? EHAC is asking for your help to identify barriers and solutions.

Special focus on 10 Year Plans to End Homelessness; what makes them work? Learn and share insights about practices and experiences on Housing First, Homeless Counts, and Permanent Supportive Housing for Oregon homeless populations.

Special address by Governor Kulongoski!

Oregon's ten-year plan to end homelessness requires new ways of thinking and working. The state's success will depend on new partnerships and integration between all levels of government and ultimately a less clear divide between public and private. We invite your comments or inputs to this document. Please contact Lisa Joyce or Roberto Franco by April 18, 2008.

2007 Oregon Department of Education official news release on the count of public school students who are homeless.

HB 2073 Interagency Council on Hunger and Homelessness. HB 2073 merges the work of a current council focusing on hunger issues, and allows for additional members to create an Oregon Council on Hunger and Homelessness. This bill has passed both the House and the Senate with amendments.

Governor Kulongoski's budget includes homeless initiative. In the Governor's budget presented last December, and in the recent Co-Chairs' Budget announcement a $16M investment is included to create housing opportunities and services for Oregonians experiencing homelessness. The homeless initiative is poised to give OHCS, the lead agency on this initiative, additional resources to build 150 units dedicated to homeless people in the next biennium.