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About them: We are a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. We build with people in need regardless of race or religion. We welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds.
Meet our Board of Directors and our CEO, Jonathan Reckford.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn are Habitat's most famous supporters. The couple annually leads the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
About them: The mission of NLCHP is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. To achieve its mission, the organization pursues three main strategies:
- impact litigation
- policy advocacy
- public education
NLCHP strives to place homelessness in the larger context of poverty. By taking this approach, the organization aims to address homelessness as a very visible manifestation of deeper causes, including:
- the shortage of affordable housing
- insufficient income
- inadequate social services
NLCHP addresses the causes of homelessness, not just its symptoms.
The organization was established in 1989 by Maria Foscarinis, a lawyer who has been working to end homelessness at the national level since 1985.
http://www.nlchp.org/index.cfm
National Alliance to End Homelessness
About them:
Mission:
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit, non-partisan, organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.
History:
In 1983, a group of concerned leaders founded the National Citizens Committee for Food and Shelter to help meet the emergency needs of a growing population of homeless people across the country.
By 1987, it was clear that despite the Committeeʹs success, homelessness had taken root for a number of systematic reasons, and a ʺhot and a cotʺ were not going to end the problem. At that time, the organization became known as the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
The Alliance grew from a federation of more than 2,000 providers and public agencies to a current network of over 9,000 partners, making the Alliance the largest partnership dedicated to ending homelessness.
From 2003 to 2007, the Alliance expanded its organizational capacity considerably in the areas of policy, capacity building, education, and research. In 2003, the organization broadened its program and policy focus to include health issues that affect homeless people. In 2004, the Alliance launched the Center for Capacity Building, which initially focused at that time primarily on assisting communities with developing plans to end homelessness. In 2006, the Alliance launched the Homelessness Research Institute, the research and education arm of the organization. Finally, first in 2005 and then 2007, the Alliance expanded its program and policy expertise in the area of youth homelessness.
And the results of efforts by the Alliance and others have been palpable. Between 2005 and 2007, homelessness decreased by 10 percent due to changes in federal and local policy, improved education of the public and policymakers, and increased capacity of communities to implement best practices.
Today, with the help of federal leadership and local activism, the Alliance aims to continue on its journey to end homelessness once and for all in America.
http://www.endhomelessness.org/