| Obama Administration Unveils National Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
Today, the lead Cabinet secretaries from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) – from the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) – joined Executive Director of the USICH Barbara Poppe to unveil and submit to the President and Congress the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes accepted the plan on behalf of President Barack Obama. The full report, titled Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, is available at www.usich.gov.
USICH will announce the historic plan at the White House today, June 22 at 9:00 AM EDT with four Cabinet Secretaries: USICH Chair and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, USICH Vice Chair and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki.
We invite you to join us for the announcement by watching it live on www.whitehouse.gov/live. Opening Doors will be available at www.usich.gov. We will also be hosting a live webinar to have a more in-depth discussion with Assistant Secretaries from HUD, Labor, HHS, and VA about the specifics of the Plan. We will release information about the webinar on the USICH website in the coming days. |
