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Synopsis: Society: Social affairs: Social problem: Homelessness:

R_www.goodnewsnetwork.org 2015 00874.txt.txt

#Connecticut Becomes 1st State To end Chronic Homelessness Among Vets Connecticut officials announced Thursday they had become the first state in the nation to provide housing for every one of its chronically homeless veterans.

The achievement marks a major milestone for national and state officials who set a goal to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015.

and the Connecticut Coalition To end Homelessness (CCEH) along with other nonprofits and volunteers who hit the streets to identify homeless vets. his means that all known chronically homeless veterans are housed

and any veteran who newly enters homelessness will be rapidly put on the path to permanent housing,

Through Connecticut efforts, nearly 300 veterans previously experiencing chronic homelessness have been housed permanently. Chronically homeless individuals are defined as those with a disabling condition who have been continuously homeless for a year

or have had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. On the federal level, significant increases in funding for permanent housing vouchers and additional funding targeted to provide rapid rehousing to veterans,

smartcitiescouncil.com 2015 00794.txt.txt

#Utah nearly eliminates homelessness with solution that sounds too simple to work It sounds like a solution a child might offer:

How do you end homelessness? Give them homes. Most people would dismiss that answer as a crazy idea,

Utah cut homelessness by so much that it now tracks the remaining homeless by name--not number.

"A considerable amount of public dollars is spent essentially maintaining people in a state of homelessness,"Dennis Culhane,

and was on track to essentially end homelessness by next year. Instead, the city support stalled after a few years.

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