Tucson-based homeless shelters and advocates say they’ve been monitoring changes in federal funding and policy for services for those living on the streets.
Thursday, NPR and Bloomberg reported that all of the staff of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness was put on administrative leave. That small, independent agency worked to coordinate federal efforts to end homelessness between multiple departments in Washington. It had fewer than 20 members on staff.
USICH embraced the “Housing First” approach to ending homelessness, which prioritizes finding housing for someone then providing other wrap around services like finding drug treatment or getting on Social Security…