Homes for the Homeless (HFH) is the nation's largest provider of residential, education and employment training centers, serving homeless families and children across New York City. The HFH website provides a variety of resources on the issues of homelessness and housing. See "Reports and Statistics" for access to information about the issues of homelessness and housing in New York City and the nation.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public, and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness. Their website includes links to numerous resources about the issue of homelessness in America, including statistics, policy and legislation, best practices, and fact sheets for kids.

The National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) is the nation's definitive authority on family homelessness. NCFH is a leader in research and evaluation, program design, service delivery, systems integration, and advocacy to help homeless children and their families.

The mission of the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) is to end homelessness. Toward this end, NCH engages in public education, policy advocacy, and grassroots organizing. NCH focuses its work on the areas of housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil rights.

This report, released by the National Alliance to End Homelessness in May 2006, examines public perception of family homelessness and strategies creating positive outcomes in cities and counties across the country. The report asserts that despite perceptions, homelessness is different and imminently more solvable than many Americans believe.

Sourcebook on Ending Family Homelessness

This sourcebook, compiled by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, is an evolving compendium of information to assist communities moving forward on plans to end family homelessness. Each section provides a unique contribution to the overall goal of ending family homelessness, including a fact sheet on family homelessness, a review of research on the intersection of child welfare and homelessness, a selection of best practices, and a selected bibliography of research on family homelessness.
Download the complete sourcebook.
Download the sourcebook by section.

This is the 2006 edition of the annual report provided by the United States Conference of Mayors. It is a status report on hunger and homelessness in the United States based on a 23-city survey.
View the video on the release of the 2006 survey.
Download the press release on the release of the 2006 survey.
2005 Survey
2004 Survey
2003 Survey
2002 Survey
2001 Survey