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HUD Announces 2,500 in New FUP Vouchers
In honor of Independence Day, HUD announced 2,500 new Family Unification Program Vouchers to ease the transition to independence among youth aging out of foster care and reunite families in the child welfare system.  Read the HUD press release here.  Learn More about the Family Unification Program here.  Click here for allocations by public housing authority.  Below is a list of allocations by state.
State Vouchers Funding Amount
ARIZONA 275 $1,808,757
CALIFORNIA 140 $1,992,091
FLORIDA 150 $1,518,840
HAWAII 100 $1,085,328
ILLINOIS 224 $1,893,552
MASSACHUSETTS 187 $1,994,621
MARYLAND 100 $597,048
MAINE 100 $568,812
MINNESOTA 100 $779,256
NORTH CAROLINA 200 $1,260,756
NORTH DAKOTA 20 $86,088
NEBRASKA 50 $277,746
NEVADA 100 $765,480
NEW YORK 50 $275,394
OHIO 155 $645,500
PENNSYLVANIA 50 $254,760
VIRGINIA 150 $1,420,746
VERMONT 150 $942,168
WASHINGTON 150 $1,194,318
WISCONSIN 100 $633,300
Total: 2551 $19,994,561
About NCHCW Website
The National Center for Housing and Child Welfare (NCHCW) is dedicated to building the partnerships necessary to ensure that children do not enter or linger needlessly in foster care as a consequence of their parents’ inability to afford safe, decent, permanent housing. Our work also aims to ensure that each young person who ages out of the foster care system has a solid plan for housing stability. Click here for a summary about NCHCW.
This website contains information about how to communities can build relationships between housing providers and the child welfare system such as:
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NCHCW Featured in National Low Income Housing Coalition Advocate’s Guide
Each year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition publishes the “Advocates Guide”  to affordable housing resources and policies. This year’s edition includes a feature article on the Family Unification Program by NCHCW Executive Director Ruth White. Click here for to view the article.  To access the entire guide online, click here.
Please take our new survey!  
NCHCW has launched a Surveymonkey survey to collect valuable information from communities nationwide about housing resources and ideas.  We are also taking your suggestions and comments through this survey. Please take a few minutes and complete it. 
Click here to access the survey.
New Report Ranks 50 States and Urges Action To End Child Homelessness
Newton, MA – A new report released today by the National Center on Family Homelessness finds more than 1.5 million children are homeless annually in the United States—one in every 50 American children. America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessnessoffers the first comprehensive state-by-state data on the status of homeless children and ranks the 50 states from top to bottom. The report urges federal and state action to end child homelessness and recommends how this can be done.You can download the NCFH press release by clicking here.
Please visit the website dedicated to providing information about ending homelessness among America's children at http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/.