Homeless Children and Youth Act tag:npach.org,2009:/HCYA//6 2009-01-21T20:40:45Z Movable Type 3.33 HCYA Facts tag:npach.org,2009:/HCYA//6.125 2009-01-21T20:17:01Z 2009-01-21T20:40:45Z Download and share NPACH's fact sheet on HCYA here.... Jeremy Rosen here. ]]> Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor HCYA tag:npach.org,2009:/HCYA//6.124 2009-01-21T19:20:01Z 2009-01-21T20:45:34Z Get NPACH's new legislative alert on HCYA here.... Jeremy Rosen here. ]]> Endorse HCYA tag:npach.org,2009:/HCYA//6.123 2009-01-21T19:06:07Z 2009-01-21T20:20:46Z Email kids@npach.org to send us your organization's endorsement of HCYA. Your support will help ensure that the bill moves forward!... Jeremy Rosen kids@npach.org to send us your organization's endorsement of HCYA. Your support will help ensure that the bill moves forward!]]> Read HCYA tag:npach.org,2009:/HCYA//6.122 2009-01-21T19:05:00Z 2009-01-21T20:21:04Z The text of HCYA is available here.... Jeremy Rosen here.]]> HCYA Introduced! tag:npach.org,2009:/HCYA//6.121 2009-01-21T19:01:44Z 2009-01-21T19:03:26Z On Tuesday, January 6, the first day of the 111th Congress, a bipartisan set of House Members introduced HR 29 - The Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2009 (HCYA). Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R-13th/IL) introduced the legislation, joined by Congresswoman... Jeremy Rosen On Tuesday, January 6, the first day of the 111th Congress, a bipartisan set of House Members introduced HR 29 - The Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2009 (HCYA). Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R-13th/IL) introduced the legislation, joined by Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-4th/NY), Congressman Geoff Davis (R-4th/KY), Congressman Andre Carson (D-7th/IN), and Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (D-15th/TX). HR 29 is identical to the "Homeless Children and Youth Amendment" proposed by NPACH, NAEHCY, and First Focus during last year's House debate on HUD McKinney-Vento reauthorization. The bill amends the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) definition of homelessness to include children, youth, and their families who are verified as homeless by federal program personnel from four federal programs (including school district liaisons, Head Start programs, Runaway and Homeless Youth Act programs, and early intervention programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part C). HR 29 is straight-forward common sense legislation with a simple premise - that if one federal agency defines a child or youth as homeless, another federal agency (HUD) should do the same thing. Taking this approach will provide all homeless children & youth, and their families, with greater opportunities to obtain safe, stable, permanent housing and other supportive services.