RESOURCES

1. National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

 http://www.naehcy.org

The purpose of the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth is to ensure that “each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youth.”

2. National Coalition for the Homeless

http://www.nationalhomeless.org

The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission—to end homelessness.

3. National Alliance to End Homelessness

http://www.endhomelessness.org

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, mission-driven organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

4. Heartland Alliance

http://www.heartlandalliance.org

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights champions the human rights and improves the lives of men, women and children who are threatened by poverty or danger.

5. National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

http://www.NLCHP.org

The mission of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. NLCP is the only national legal advocacy organization dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness. Through impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education, they address the root causes of homelessness at the local, state, and federal levels.