Links
NAEHCY, The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
www.naehcy.org
NAEHCY is a national grassroots membership association which serves as the voice and the social conscience for the for the education of children and youth in homeless situations. NAEHCY connects educators, parents, advocates, researchers and service providers to ensure school enrollment and attendance, and overall success for children and youth whose lives have been disrupted by the lack of safe, permanent and adequate housing. NAEHCY accomplishes these goals through advocacy, partnerships and education.
Network, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
www.networklobby.orgNETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, is a progressive voice within the Catholic community calling for peace and economic justice in our nation and the world.
NAFFE, The North American Alliance for Fair Employment
www.fairjobs.org
The North American Alliance for Fair Employment (NAFFE) is a network of organizations concerned about the growth of contingent work—including part-time jobs, temping, sub-contracting—and its impact on the well being of all workers.
Housing Assistance Council
www.ruralhome.orgThe mission of the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is to improve housing conditions for the rural poor, with an emphasis on the poorest of the poor in the most rural places. HAC offers services to public, nonprofit, and private organizations throughout the rural United States. HAC also maintains a special focus on high-need groups and regions: Indian country, the Mississippi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest border colonias, and Appalachia.
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
www.nhchc.orgThe National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the HCH Clinicians' Network involve homeless service providers and their clients in political action to reduce poverty and to prevent and end homelessness. NHCH strives to accomplish these goals by informing public policy makers, mainstream health care providers, and the general public about the causes and consequences of homelessness in the United States, and by working at the national, state, and local levels to redefine public policy priorities
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
www.unhabitat.orgThe United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The main documents outlining the mandate of the organization are the Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements, Habitat Agenda, Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements, the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, and Resolution 56/206.
Cities Alliance, Cities Without Slums
www.citiesalliance.org
The Cities Alliance was created to foster new tools, practical approaches and knowledge sharing to promote local economic development and a direct attack on urban poverty. Its activities support the implementation of the Habitat Agenda.
Call To Renewal
www.calltorenewal.com
Call to Renewal is a national network of churches, faith-based organizations, and individuals working to overcome poverty in America.
National Alliance of HUD Tenants
www.saveourhomes.orgFounded in 1991, NAHT is the first national membership organization of resident groups advocating for 2.1 million lower income families in privately-owned, HUD-assisted multifamily housing. Through NAHT, tenants have proven that united action can mount an effective campaign to save people’s homes.
The National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
www.nscahh.orgThe National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness (NSCAHH) works with a coalition of students and community members across the country to end hunger and homelessness through education, service and action.
The Center for Economic and Social Rights
www.cesr.orgEstablished in 1993, the Center for Economic and Social Rights is one of the first organizations to challenge economic injustice as a violation of international human rights law. Through its projects abroad and in the United States, CESR has developed an effective strategy that combines research, advocacy, collaboration, and education. CESR believes that economic and social rights — legally binding on all nations — can provide a universally accepted framework for strengthening social justice activism.
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
www.cohre.orgCOHRE is committed to local and national capacity-building in the area of economic, social and cultural rights and places particular emphasis on securing respect for the housing rights of traditionally disadvantaged groups, including women, children, ethic or other minorities and indigenous peoples. To this end, COHRE is available to assist non-governmental organisations and government agencies to better promote and protect human rights.
Community Action Partnership
www.communityactionpartnership.comIt is the mission of the Community Action Partnership to be a national forum for policy on poverty and to strengthen, promote, represent and serve its network of member agencies to assure that the issues of the poor are effectively heard and addressed. The Community Action Partnership was established in 1972 as the National Association of Community Action Agencies (NACAA) and is the national organization representing the interests of the 1,000 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) working to fight poverty at the local level.
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
www.nesri.orgThe National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) promotes a human rights vision for the United States that ensures dignity and access to the basic resources needed for human development and civic participation. Towards this end, NESRI works with organizers, policy advocates and legal organizations to incorporate a human rights perspective into their work and build human rights advocacy models tailored for the U.S.
American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty
www.abanet.org/homeless
The ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty is charged with with developing programs to help lawyers who wish to provide pro bono services to benefit homeless clients. The Commission also works with with state and federal executive branches and legislative bodies concerning matters relating to the poor and homeless.
Coalition on Human Needs
www.chn.orgThe Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations. The Coalition's members include civil rights, religious, labor and professional organizations and those concerned with the well being of children, women, the elderly and people with disabilities.
Congressional Hunger Center
www.hungercenter.orgThe Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) is a nonprofit anti-hunger training organization founded by former Rep. Tony Hall and located in Washington, D.C. Members of Congress, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) are the co-chairs of their Board of Directors and exemplify their bipartisan approach to ending hunger.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence
www.nnedv.org
The National Network to End Domestic Violence is a social change organization representing state domestic violence coalitions. NNEDV is dedicated to creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists.
Shelter UK
england.shelter.org.ukShelter UK is the leading housing policy agency in Britain, and also provides direct assistance to those in need through their Housing Aid Centres. Shelter is seeking long-term solutions to the housing crisis in the UK, fighting for better investment, laws and policies to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.
Hope House, New Orleans
www.hopehouseneworleans.org
Hope House is a faith-based organization which serves to alleviate suffering in the community by being a living representation of the gospel to those in the greatest need.
The New Life Project
www.thenewlifeproject.org
The New Life Project is a not-for-profit organization that is receiving assistance from the top artists, executives, and companies in the entertainment industry and has partnered with national homelessness advocacy groups to develop a plan for helping end homelessness in America.
Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago
www.luc.edu/curl/The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) of Loyola University Chicago seeks to promote equality and to improve people’s lives in communities throughout the Chicago metropolitan region. CURL pursues this goal by building and supporting collaborative research and education efforts. These partnerships connect Loyola faculty and students with community and nonprofit organizations, civic groups, and government agencies. Working together, community needs are addressed and the academic experience is enriched.
Stand Up For Kids
www.standupforkids.orgStand Up For Kids is a national organization assisting volunteers whose on-the-street outreach efforts will find, stabilize and assist homeless and street kids in their efforts to improve their lives.
The Donald Driver Foundation
www.sundaydriver.net
The Donald Driver Foundation seeks to eliminate homelessness among families through education and fundraising. NFL star Donald Driver, who experienced homelessness as a child, promotes his campaign in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Houston, Texas, and is seeking to bring this issue to the forefront of national consciousness.
The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia
www.cfnwg.org
The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia serves Whitfield, Murray, Gordon, Bartow, Floyd, Dade, Walker, Pickens, Fannin, Gilmer, Chattooga, and Catoosa Counties – bringing people together, strengthening communities, and multiplying resources. The Foundation works to nurture children and families, improve education, foster cultural arts, and build the economy for all people.